HALF
A MILE UNDERGROUND
“EXPLOSION
IN THE MINE”
In 2010 one morning of august the 15th
atacama desert in Chile some were working 2500 feet below the surface they were loading in trucks. Another group was working about a hundred feet above them, other workers were resting in our stronghold which was conditioned.
At about 1 p.m.
Franklin Lobos was driving a
pickup truck down to the refuge, other miner Jorge Galleguillos
was with lobos when he suddenly said
"¿did you see that?"
a butterfly, lobos
couldn’t believe that butterfly was flying at that depth, a few seconds later they listened a big explosion, they went to the refuge but the room was empty, then they went down and looked for the other men.
About 150 feet below the refuge, Mario Gomez and Omar Reygadas they both felt explosion but they didn't think it was something bad, when the truck was loaded Gomez drove but a cloud of dust made them stop then they found Luis Urzua, the shift
manager, who told them it was impossible go on, then they went back to the refuge and they carried several workers they found along the way and all workers now were into the refuge.
All the miners thought that they will never get out again and some were desperate but the leader
Luis Arzua organized the people in groups and each group look for but all the chimneys were colapsed, they 33 miners felt dejected and defeated but Sepulveda had a different attitude and he
helped rationing the food, each miner could eat only one teaspoon of canned fish mixed with water and two
cookies a day.
69 days later the 33 miners were rescuet with it international help.
THE RESCUE
PLAN
Once the plan was in
place, it took a
46-ton drill more than a month to
complete the nearly half-mile-deep rescue shaft. on october 12,
2010, Florencio Ávalos was the first miner to reach the surface in the
capsule–painted white, blue,
and red, the colors of the chilean flag.
Florencio Ávalos first miner recue
Recovery mission: A special drill, the Xtrata 950, will dig a 66 centimeters diameter escape hole for the miners
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The story is really amazing, because each miners was suffering caught up inside of the mine, all the miners thought that they will never get out again and some were desperate but nothing is impossible for God and the miners were rescued with it international help. This story leave us a great teaching of never lose faith.
ResponderEliminarI don't know, What about the feelings of their families? It took about a month! But the good part was the happy end. I remmember that I listened that this historic event has a movie, but I don't know if it is true. Thank's for the post.
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