News 33 miners are found trapped underground alive

[DanM]

I think the rescuers are almost up. I can't believe it's over. Of course, the media will try to attack them. I hope that people will have enough sense that the media crush will be small. However, I would eventually like to see a movie of this.

 

[SiberianTiger]

Fantastic! It's hard to believe this is eventually over!

 

[garyw]

Amazing that it's over so soon when original estimates put the rescue date around Christmas. Brilliant work on the part of the Chile rescue team, I hope they get awards for the work.

Now we just have to wait for the book, movie, documentary, TV shows, t-shirts, etc. :thumbup:

O-F Staff Note: I've unsticked the thread as the rescue has concluded

 

[OrbiterSpore]

Last miner of the 33 rescued!

The 33 miners of a gold/silver mine in Chile where all rescued. Ursua, the leader, decided himself to be the last one taken to surface. All the miners are now in medical care.

 

[orb]

O-F Staff Note: The above "Last miner of the 33 rescued!" post was moved from a separate thread.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Some NASA TV videos.

NASA Experts Assist in Chilean Miners' Survival and Rescue.​

ISS Offers Congratulations on Rescue of Chilean Miners.​

 

[garyw]

Chile mine: Rescued men attend service of thanks

About 12 of the 33 miners freed after 69 days underground in northern Chile have returned to the mine to attend a ceremony celebrating their rescue.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11561355

 

[fort]

Chile would do "whatever is necessary to have a more secure mining industry".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11565850

C176 Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995
http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/convde.pl?C176

 

[garyw]

Chile miners who escaped rockfall feel abandoned

I feel that this is an important angle to the 33 rescued miners as it talks about all those that weren't caught underground and they face a far from certain future. Maybe those rescued are the lucky ones in this?

Sergio Malebran is worried.

The 52-year-old worked as a driver at the San Jose mine in northern Chile.

Like so many in Chile and around the world, he followed the rescue of the 33 men who had been trapped in the mine since a rockfall on 5 August.

Sergio, who was not on shift that day, is relieved he did not have to go through what they had to endure.

But now that the 33 have been rescued, he thinks it is time people take notice of the uncertainty facing him and the remaining 265 workers and 200 subcontractors who were employed at the San Jose mine.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11567213