SAGO --  This Tuesday marks one year since the Sago mine disaster. It's a day that many people in West Virginia never will forget.

A Sunday morning service at Sago Baptist Church was like every Sunday. But as the anniversary of the Sago mine disaster gets closer, the community came together to help the families of the 12 miners cope with their losses.

The community experienced a roller coaster of emotionsn beginning with an underground explosiong Jan. 2, 2006.

During a 44-hour rescue operation, the world first heard that 12 out of the 13 miners survived only to found out that was not the case.

Nearly a year later, church members and their pastor said they have grown closer together after the tragedy, and they are always willing to be there for miners' families.

"The community has become closer than I believe than ever before," said Sago Baptist Pastor Wease Day. "It was a large disaster that no only drew this country together but other countries as well."