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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Kelly McEvers. |
| 0:01.3 | And I'm Chris Benderov. |
| 0:02.8 | And this is Embedded. |
| 0:04.6 | We're following people in the coal counties of Central Appalachia |
| 0:07.4 | over the first year in Change of Donald Trump's administration. |
| 0:10.2 | And these episodes are in order. |
| 0:12.3 | So if you haven't, go back and listen from the beginning. |
| 0:15.7 | OK. |
| 0:19.8 | Tammy Fields' dad worked in coal at this company in Buck Cannon County, Virginia called United. |
| 0:25.8 | That's all I ever knew was you not a co-company in my daddy working. |
| 0:28.6 | Wow. |
| 0:29.3 | There. |
| 0:29.9 | Her dad worked at a prep plant, which is where they wash and sort the coal. |
| 0:34.5 | Sometimes day and night, did he make good money? |
| 0:36.8 | Like it was, I mean, if you don't mind me asking. |
| 0:38.8 | Yeah, he did. |
| 0:39.5 | He did pretty good. |
| 0:40.3 | Two story house, and we did pretty well. |
| 0:42.9 | Tammy grew up, got married, had her own kids. |
| 0:46.4 | In 2008, her husband showed her an ad for an HR job she might want at that same coal company. |
| 0:51.5 | Of course, to me, United was just something I was raised with, that company. |
| 0:56.1 | Their company picnics and going and doing. |
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