Finally the chilean miners will be rescued!!!

It happened 10 years ago and all 33 miners were saved. They even made a movie of it in 2015 with Antonio Banderas in it. I read again the post and the answers and was moved to tears again.

I am glad they were all rescued.

I´m on a coffee break after the first miner was rescued safelly. It was moving, everyone crying including myself. It takes 15 minutes to bring each miner from the bottom of the mine. And more minutes to take the sort of elevator down. This is what I call a miracle.

gOOD MORNING mARG, we got to watch a miracle on tv that's for sure. I'm like u i was surprised they were all as well looking as they were. What strong men they must be to have survived such an horrible ordeal. I kept my tv on all day yesterday , something i don't usually do. All these people who own mines SHOULD BE MADE TO MAKE THEM SAFER!! U have a good day. hugs.

Hi Jo, I´m SO happy all is over! We have very good safety measures in mining as it´s one of our main exports. But everywhere there are rascals that bypass them. Nature doesn´t help either because we have earthquakes every day. Not the ones that make news, but still they do damage. I feel that, although what we saw was a technological miracle, the most important part happened at the begining. Everyone that had power gave up on the miners. But their families did not, camped there in a desert at high altitude and said they would not move until they were taken out. We all expected bodies, not people. The first contact was made after 17 days. THAT was atrue miracle. It required faith, inner strenght enough to bend the normal reasoning of authorities that only think in terms of money. Those families and those miners ar the true heroes. HUG!!!

I cried like a baby when the first miner came out, Jo. I also stayed up most of the night watching. In fact I fell asleep with the TV on. I am so happy they seem to be all in such a good shape too. And all their medical and dental problems will be taken care of at no cost for them. I do hope they also find work for them later. The mine (private) has a lawsuit and will be closed for some time. And, I suppose, a lot of safety measures will have to be implemented before it is opened again.

I meant they waited a long time. I need typing lessons today.

I agree that it has all been a miracle. A miracle they were found alive, a miracle that they had the strenght to live with no contact with the world for 17 days, a miracle they reached him and now this technological miracle of getting them out. And they look perfectly healthy.

Miners earn a lot more in my country than most other workers. Noone "makes" them choose their jobs. And in Chile there are enough jobs as to be able to absorb immigrants from sevral countries who come to seek better futures. We don´t ask green cards or such things. We have here bluecollar workers and professionals of many countries. But miners earn a lot more because it´s a risky work. There are laws and safety measures but accidents happen. In my country earthquakes occur often and that does not help either. Don´t imagine that miners are slaves because they aren´t. As mining is one of the main products we export, miners are paid several times as do other workers. We have copper and need that to trade for other goods. Such is economy in all the world. I think these miners had such an inner strenght and were so brave because they are free men with decent if not rich lives. I just saw a miner come out, one of the eldest ones. He had been a professional soccer player when young and now he worked at the mine with a specialiced machine. When he was notworking there, he worked as taxidriver. He needed the money to pay for the college of his two girls. In other countries you have to be a professional if you want your children to be one. These miners were out of this world.I admire them. But please don´t judge the way they live or what our laws and safety measures say until you read them.

therefore, more safety features should be added. it ain't joke being burried more than 700 meters above step on land. what more if there's an Earth-Quake. anyways, congratulations for a very fine successful rescue

They don´t look afraid as they come out. They look sane and healthy. This is what I would call supermen, not the cartoon types

Staying in the mine for so long must've made them immune to fearing the pitch blackness of the mines. Either that or they forgot all their fears once they came out. Whatever the case may be, very impressive feat, I must say. :)

It seems that this endurance and this kind of rescue is umprecedented so it´s no wonder so many people are aware of this. In these moments I feel proud to be a chilean. The rescue was not only done by the government. The miner´s family´s, with no political power at all, camped near the mine from the first and said they wouldnot leave until their loved ones were taken out. Fot such a long time we thought that they would bring out bodies. If... The had no contact with the outside world for 17 days. I feel this is more than a miracle. Not only they survived, but they are sane and sound. As I´m writing, more than half have been rescued.

I want to thank you and so many people around the world that were with us in these moments. I believe in colective prayers, no matter what religion. When people of good will ask for something, miracles happen. This was more a miracle than a sign of a good technology.

The greatest job was made by the miners who did not lose hope and faith in 17 days with no contact with the outside (and knowing that usually after that time people stop searches), and their family who made a camp in the extreme climatic conditions of the desert and said they were not moving until their loved ones were found. The rest is a technological miracle but we have grown acostumed to that lately. What we have forgotten is how things can be done with only inner strenght. I am remembering now about people that did great things with just that. Rev. King, Mother Theresa and so many others did not have power yet they did miracles.

Thank you. I feel the same way.

They have taken out over half of them. They are in a better shape than we would expect. Still they will have medical and dental checkups for 2 days and then all the medical and dental problems they have will be take care of.

They don´t look afraid as they come out. They look sane and healthy. This is what I would call supermen, not the cartoon types

It is turning out well. I´m SO happy!!! Those people are out of this world: they come out smiling, hugging their loved ones, full of inner strenght. I cqan´t imagine how they endured the first 17 days when they didn´t even know if someone was still searching for them.

This had been truly a miracle. The rescue can be called an example of technology but I find it incredible that they were able to survive sane and sound for 17 days without any contact from the outside nor any hope that anyone was still looking for them.

I stayed up almost all night watching, but this will go on all gay. The men seem in a good physical and psychological shape but it seems they will have mayor teeth problems due to the humuduty down at the mine. All will be taken care at no cost for them and as best as possible. I cried and celebrated by myself at the same time. Authorities come and go in every country but this is an inner strenght beyond words. I can´t imagine how they kept going the 17 days they were with not a single thought of ever being rescued.

I wish we were 1/1000 as courageous as these men. The world wuold be a lot better. They are just workers, not very educated but with an inner strenght that not many people have.

They have rescued over half of them until now. Mines sometimes cave in. It is not an easy job, specially in a country where we have earthquakes all the time.

You can give me a virtual hug: I´m chilean. As for the rest, it was not only the goverrnment who made that possible. The miners families never lost hope and never let the government forget they should have to go on trying. This was triggered by a handfull of people with no apparent power and by the solidarity we have learnt to display in tough moments as we are a country where earthquakes destroy a lot every tew years. Puñera just had to follow lead. He did it well though.

I feel that if they had the strenght to survive the 17 days they were with no contact with the outside and no hope of ever been foud, they can do anything. These are the times I don´t mind saying I´m proud to be chilean.