33 Chilean Miners

[dpm802]

Is anyone else following this story?

I've been fascinated by it ever since the trapped miners were first discovered, after being down there 17 days. Since then, I've been watching and reading everything I can find on the topic.

Rescuers expect to break through to the chamber within 24 hours. Then it will be about another week while they prepare the shaft and the rescue pod.

That's quite good news, since at first it was predicted they would be down there until Xmas time.

 

[rm71]

Amazing story. I really do hope they can get them out safely ASAP.

 

[DavyRay]

I'm impressed with the Chileans for getting the best experts on keeping people sane in confined places. Some entities or organizations would have concentrated on the drilling without recognizing the importance of the miners mental health.

 

[perry]

It's an amazing story, to be sure.

 

[RF1963]

That's quite good news, since at first it was predicted they would be down there until Xmas time.

Under promise and over deliver. Probably the best way to go for the fellas underground. Can you imagine how their morale would drop if it was the reverse: We'll have you out in a few weeks, oh sorry it'll be Christmas.

 

[Owens187]

I can't imagine being stuck underground for so long. I'd be off the rails for sure.

 

[Perished]

It was recently reported at least one miner was threatening suicide... He remembered that he hadn't clocked in!!

Yes it stinks but it's the best one I've heard

 

[tpoof]

It was recently reported at least one miner was threatening suicide... He remembered that he hadn't clocked in!!

Yes it stinks but it's the best one I've heard

lol not bad... not bad....

although....
continued prayers for their recovery indeed

 

[perry]

It was recently reported at least one miner was threatening suicide... He remembered that he hadn't clocked in!!

Yes it stinks but it's the best one I've heard

We were joking that the guys will probably all be fired for not working for several months, and then sent a bill for their rescue

 

[kwk285]

I saw a news article of one of the miners. It is probably best for him to stay down there. His wife met his mistress at a prayer vigil for the miners at the beginning. The mistress knew about the wife but not the other way around.

 

[ouch]

They're not out of the woods yet, but this is encouraging news.

 

[rm71]

Looks like one of the miners is already out!

 

[BlackAngus]

Heard the fourth one being brought out of the capsule on BBC on the way home. Too cool.

And as for the poor dumb bastard with the wife and mistress, he made it worse for himself. The authorities at the mine head got him on the line and asked who would be speaking for him...and he said the mistress.

 

[Shave A Buck]

I hope the shopping cart wheels on the rescue chamber hold up long enough other wise some poor homeless guy is going to have a hard time getting around.

 

[kwk285]

I have seen several miners being brought up. It is so nice to see live feeds with good news.

 

[Ceri]

Have to look away from the television a few times during the coverage today. When each miner emerges I feel like I know him, or knew someone just like him back home in Wales.

There aren't any mines in my area now, but I grew up with old miners, my grandfather was a miner, and pretty much every male member of my father's family as far back as we've been able to trace. When they talked about some of them having silicosis, I thought of my grandfather who had it too, as well the old men like him who were permanently short breathed, hawking and spitting throughout their last days.

My family home was a mile from the old Wernbwll colliery - a pit that killed a lot of miners in the twenties and thirties - including my grandmother's brother - before it was closed as unsafe. Couldn't help thinking how they would have felt seeing the attention of the world on these miners, when their own lives were almost expendable.

It's been a very moving thing to watch today, and how great that the miners largely clean shaven. Don't suppose there was a DE razor down there...

 

[instpasr]

It's certainly a breath of fresh air to see some good news on the box for once.

 

[RGraphics]

yeah, talk about Oakley making money off the rescue.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/39650306

 

[Spacegeezer]

yeah, talk about Oakley making money off the rescue.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/39650306

Very interesting. Clearly makes them the first choice next time I am being rescued after seventy days underground

I watched a bunch of the guys coming up, and noticed the style of the sunglasses but didn't pay enough attention to realize they were actually Oakleys.

 

[RF1963]

I watched a bunch of the guys coming up, and noticed the style of the sunglasses but didn't pay enough attention to realize they were actually Oakleys.

Same here. As a marketing effort it fails, however as a philanthropic gesture it gets my