First Chile Miners Rescued

[sapper756]

 

Joy as first Chile miners rescued

The first three of the 33 miners trapped deep underground for more than two months in northern Chile are rescued.

 

 

[sapper756]

Joy as first Chile miners rescued

The first three of the 33 miners trapped deep underground for more than two months in northern Chile are rescued.

 

 

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What an amazing rescue effort, sitting here this morning glued to the tellyhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif

Edited October 13, 2010 by sapper756

[alex young]

Just watched the 5th miner to be rescued a 19 yearold brilliant to see.

[THE FIFER]

yes great team work, wonderful what can be done noadays, with teamwork,

[OLDYELLOW]

fantastic ending to this ............. wonder if they were on over time when clocked out

[THE FIFER]

the yanks will be in there to make a film of it,

[sapper756]

The rescue so far seems to be a successhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif

[DJWa]

The rescue so far seems to be a success

 

 

20 out of the 33 are up now

 

what surprises me is that some of the rescuers have gone down in the capsule

[sapper756]

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[billt]

20 out of the 33 are up now

 

what surprises me is that some of the rescuers have gone down in the capsule

I Think that is to put the miners at ease, could imagine the ones waiting could get wound up after all this time, put yourself in that position it would be a high to speak and see someone new

[JohnQuinn]

The guy Yonni Barrios (21st man out) will be wishing he was still down there when his wife catches up with him! He nominated his Bird as his power of attorney should things have gone wrong, OUCH

 

Great to se them all getting out safely, i would have needed the men in White coats waiting on me!! Some would say they should have me anyway

[Guest IB]

Absolutely brilliant this. Was watching this morning on BBC News. Comes home to you when you remember you're working beside an 18 year old yourself, and it got her thinking anyhows, young person same age starting out in life, stuck underground, for first 17 days seemingly no hope of rescue? How does a young person cope with that? How does anyone?

 

There's been some dreadful accidents in mines over here tho. When I first came to this area a workmate told me to read the book '1921 Redding Pit Disaster' - a pit that had been just up the road from where I live. Tapped an underground water source fed by a flooded quarry miles further up the Braes that drained completely into the pit. Flooded. Took weeks to drain it. Discovered there had been men who had taken refuge in a distant seam, Spion Kop, above the flooding (if you don't know that name its from Boer War - Fifer fought in it ) but nobody knew they were there, so no special rescue attempts to reach them and they were dead by time lower parts pit had been drained. As the 18 year old said, difference is this time they had the resources to do the job right.

 

Was here a few years before I took up pigeons - joined the local club - and met fanciers whose grandfathers & uncles had survived that local pit disaster. Small World.

[sapper756]

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LAST MAN OUThttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif

 

This puts life into perspectivehttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif

Edited October 14, 2010 by sapper756

[THE FIFER]

good they all got out and great work by the rescue squad, first class