"It's been the longest two days of my life, " said Maria Buenrostro, a sister of Manuel Sanchez.

CNN: Frustrated family of miner clings to 'one string of hope'

Manuel Sanchez, 41, has spent the last 17 years working coal mines in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado.

CNN: Frustrated family of miner clings to 'one string of hope'

Manuel Sanchez's father drove 17 hours straight from his home in northern Mexico.

CNN: Frustrated family of miner clings to 'one string of hope'

It's a small way of relieving the stress of waiting for news about her husband, Manuel Arturo Sanchez, one of six men trapped inside the Crandall Canyon Mine.

CNN: Frustrated family of miner clings to 'one string of hope'