By: Zeanna Hawk
Thirty-three miners trapped since August 5 in the collapse of the San Jose mine were finally rescued at 9:30 p.m. on October 13.
The miners were trapped 2,300 feet below the ground. The men were kept alive over that time by deliveries of food and water, that was sent to them through narrow holes that were drilled into the ground.
They also had video conferences with their families to give them hope. On October 13, all 33 miners were successfully lifted to the surface in a specially-designed rescue capsule.
According to http://www.guardain.co., “Chilean miner Florencio Avalos was embraced by President Sebastian Pinera after he became the first of the 33 trapped miners to be hoisted to safety.”
Friends and relatives who had been camping near the mine for months were joyful as they were reunited with their loved ones.
Three days after 33 men were trapped within the mine, Andre Sougarret was summoned by Chile’s president to find a solution to get them out alive. He hired an engineer who would be in charge of digging them out. Sougarret didn’t even know if the miners were alive, but would be blamed for their death if he didn’t try.
With modern technology, the contact Sougarret needed was made. With contact, now the location of the miners could be determined. From the first few confusing days, until the October 13 finale, 46-year-old Sougarret was the man with the answers.
“Sougarret’s management of the crisis was so successful that nearly all the rescued miners walked out of the hospital Friday perfectly healthy” (www.wfsb.com).
Most of the rescued miners were released form the hospital on Friday, October 15, and only two of the miners required extra attention and were transferred to other hospitals. The families were
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