CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A woman who lost three family members in the Upper Big Branch mine disaster in 2010 is sharing her perspective following the loss of a life at a mine in Nicholas County.

“I leaned more on God than I did anything, because I was devastated,” Pam Napper said.

Napper lost three loved ones at UBB: her son, brother, and nephew.

Her heart is going out to the family of 42-year-old Steve Lipscomb, who was found deceased Thursday morning at a mine in Nicholas County.

“I’d tell the family right now, first of all I wish I could be there to hug you,” she said.

Napper says following her losses, support from community members and friends made a tremendous impact.

“I would not have made it without all the communities, and I mean the strangers as well as friends and family,

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