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I was watching the rescue most of the day - Page 2 - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 13th Oct, 2010 - 10:12pm
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33 Trapped Chile Miners Found Alive After 17 Days - Page 2
How come they are still alive? That sounded bad I mean I didn't expect them to still be living after so long. Did they have lots of food and water down there before this happened?
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Post Date: 19th Sep, 2010 - 11:36pm / Post ID: #
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They made it to a safe room that is designed to withstand cave ins or other mishaps that can happen in mining. From there a hole was drilled down to the area they thought they were in and found them to be alive. Since then they dropped in food packs and other stuff in a six inch hole to help them survive until they can be rescued. This new larger hole adds more options for sending more food, water and air.
Post Date: 9th Oct, 2010 - 11:08pm / Post ID: #
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I am glad that I am not one of those trapped miners. I can not see myself fitting in a 23 inch diameter hole. 
Now they can lower medical personnel into the room so that they can prepare the miners for transport back to the surface. They are talking about this Tuesday starting to bring them up.
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Did anyone see the rescue on TV? What an emotional moment! The whole rescue was perfect, very clean and well executed.
QUOTE SAN JOSE MINE, Chile (AP) - The miners emerged like clockwork, jubilantly embracing wives, children and rescuers and looking remarkably composed Wednesday after languishing for 69 days in the depths of a mine that easily could have been their tomb.
The anxiety that had accompanied the final days of preparation melted away at 12:11 a.m. When the stoutest of the 33 miners, Florencio Avalos, emerged from the missile-like rescue capsule smiling broadly after his half-mile journey to the surface.
In a din of cheers, he hugged his sobbing 7-year-old son and wife and then President Sebastian Pinera, who has been deeply involved in an effort that had become a matter of national pride.
The most ebullient of the bunch came out second, an hour later.
"I think I had extraordinary luck. I was with God and with the devil. And I reached out for God," said Mario Sepulveda as he awaited the air force helicopter ride to a nearby hospital where all the miners were to spend 48 hours under medical observation.
Eleven men were pulled from the mine at a methodical pace in roughly the first nine and a half hours of the operation, putting the rescue on track to end before the sun rises Thursday, barring any major glitches.
The miners have survived more time trapped underground than anyone on record, and the world was captivated by their endurance and unity as officials carefully planned their rescue.
Health Minister Jaime Manalich told a news conference after eight miners were rescued that all of them were in good health, and none has needed any special medication, not even the diabetic among them.
Chile exploded in joy and relief at the first, breakthrough rescue just after midnight in the coastal Atacama desert.
In the capital, Santiago, a cacophony of motorists' horns sounded. In the nearby regional capital of Copiapo, from which 24 of the miners hail, the mayor canceled school so parents and children could "watch the rescue in the warmth of the home...
The anxiety that had accompanied the final days of preparation melted away at 12:11 a.m. When the stoutest of the 33 miners, Florencio Avalos, emerged from the missile-like rescue capsule smiling broadly after his half-mile journey to the surface.
In a din of cheers, he hugged his sobbing 7-year-old son and wife and then President Sebastian Pinera, who has been deeply involved in an effort that had become a matter of national pride.
The most ebullient of the bunch came out second, an hour later.
"I think I had extraordinary luck. I was with God and with the devil. And I reached out for God," said Mario Sepulveda as he awaited the air force helicopter ride to a nearby hospital where all the miners were to spend 48 hours under medical observation.
Eleven men were pulled from the mine at a methodical pace in roughly the first nine and a half hours of the operation, putting the rescue on track to end before the sun rises Thursday, barring any major glitches.
The miners have survived more time trapped underground than anyone on record, and the world was captivated by their endurance and unity as officials carefully planned their rescue.
Health Minister Jaime Manalich told a news conference after eight miners were rescued that all of them were in good health, and none has needed any special medication, not even the diabetic among them.
Chile exploded in joy and relief at the first, breakthrough rescue just after midnight in the coastal Atacama desert.
In the capital, Santiago, a cacophony of motorists' horns sounded. In the nearby regional capital of Copiapo, from which 24 of the miners hail, the mayor canceled school so parents and children could "watch the rescue in the warmth of the home...
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Great news that they have finally managed to be able to be reunited with their family and loved ones.
It must have been a very tough set of times to go through.
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Post Date: 13th Oct, 2010 - 10:12pm / Post ID: #
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I was watching the rescue most of the day as they brought up miner after miner. I am glad that they all are able to be lifted out in pretty good health and be reunited with their loved ones. IT is a good day in Chile.
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