It was amazing to see the 33 trapped miners being brought up, one by one, in a rescue capsule on live TV.
These men were trapped 2000 feet underground for 69 days in the San Jose mine near Copiapo, when a tunnel collapsed on 5/8/10.They spent 17 days in isolation, rationing meagre supplies till drillers located them on 22/8/10 and provided a lifeline to carry food, water and medicine.
It took another 52 days for engineers working round the clock to drill a shaft with space enough to bring them up one at a time in a specially designed capsule.
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera was on hand to ensure the workers got what they needed.
When the last miner came out on 13/10/10, there was a feeling that this was mankind’s greatest feat since Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon.
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