On August 5th 2010 33 Chilean miners were trapped underground in a mine. There were many different thoughts floating around whether the men were alive or dead. Seventeen days after the collapse a narrow hole was burrowed down finding the men. They sent a note saying that they were all OK. On September 17th the hole was dug wider. Today on October 13th 2010 the men have been making their way up into daylight. These men have the record for staying trapped underground and surviving the longest time. The men have been getting rescued one by one. As of right now 17 are now up and 16 are still to make their way up. There were many different plans to lift the men up. Some suggested that they create a large metal tube big enough for the men to be pulled up. In the end the decision was to send a metal capsule down and one by one the men would be rescued.
This rescue is amazing, many people didn't believe at the beginning that these men survived the collapse. To know that they were living and surviving is amazing. These men were stuck down in cave for over 60 days. The small hole that was drilled at first was used to send food down to the men. I think that this rescue is unbelievable, the fact that now we have technology to dig down into their cave and rescue the men is crazy. These men are so fortunate to be alive. If this collapse happened 50 years ago the chances would have been slim to none. I also have another opinion to the collapse, after talking about how great the technology of today is a fatal collapse like this should have never taken place, extreme safety precautions should have been taken to prevent this, I believe that the mining company has learned a lesson and better precautions will take place in the near future.
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