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Chilean Miners
« on: October 13, 2010, 09:45:19 AM »
For some reason this was never a topic here, but according to the news all of them should be rescued in a little while, everything is running super-smooth, more than a dozen are already out.

When I was in Chile early this year I was surprised (having before only been to Cuba and Brazil) how much they lived up to their reputation as "the Prussians of Latin America", scarcely an exuberant people, very down to earth and matter of fact. But I guess they will be exuberant today and that is great. Some news can even make you feel good in this day and age.

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Re: Chilean Miners
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2010, 09:48:28 AM »
Amazing...69 days.
Great news.
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« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2010, 12:29:59 PM »
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« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2010, 01:05:01 PM »
After all the crappy news we are bombarded with on a daily basis, it makes me feel really good that these miners are coming out of this alive. Hooray!
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« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2010, 10:20:12 PM »
After a similar event in Tassie a while back I can understand how the Chilean people must feel.
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Re: Chilean Miners
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2010, 10:20:34 PM »
I worked at a coal mine in the 1980s where 12 guys were killed in an underground explosion.  We knew they were dead, but the rescue team still worked their butts off in a very dangerous situation for a week to pull the bodies out.  I'm absolutely stoked and impressed at the fact they got these guys out alive in Chile from 600m underground.  Bravo!  
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« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2010, 10:41:27 PM »
YEAH! Last one's out! woot  :mrgreen:
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« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2010, 03:03:14 PM »
This date will always be remembered in Chile (and most of SA) as "Rescue Day" - even the Bolivian President came to collect the one non Chilean who was in there - there was one guy who had only been working there five days, and another that was a plant-maintenance engineer that was only down to do a machine repair... talk about fate...
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