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Scotty
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« on: October 14, 2010, 02:14:29 am »

Using the Phoenix 2 capsule, all 33 miners have been rescued from the mine, taking around 22 hours.

Brilliant!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11489439
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« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2010, 06:39:02 am »

Yeah...33 Chillian miners rescued, I never realised they where so many must have been crowded down there.. Grin
Seriously though, what a moving experience for us to watch, god knows what they must be feeling... Smiley

Wonder if they get paid overtime?
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« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2010, 07:44:40 am »

Yeah it's all people have been talking about for the last few days. A real feel good factor. Smiley
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« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2010, 09:08:35 am »

That capsule was so cramped, gives me shivers just thinking about it!
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« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2010, 11:49:34 am »

must of been hell for the families of the people down there, i wish all the miners the best
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« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2010, 02:10:32 pm »

should get them to come to hull to lay the fiber cables
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« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2010, 02:24:54 pm »

The 21st miner who came up was Yonni Barrios, he was the one who acted doctor down in the "belly of the earth". He must have had abit of a dilema to decide if he wanted to come up or not.

His story is that he basicly has a wife of 28 years and a girlfriend, both were apparently there at the rescue. He explicitly said he will not greet his wife and only his girlfriend. Imagine the worry of comming out of that prison  Roll Eyes.

Either way there was a woman who greeted him, at first it was his wife according to the BBC and then it may have been his sister, wife or girlfriend according again to the BBC.
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« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2010, 07:23:14 pm »

That capsule was so cramped, gives me shivers just thinking about it!
Yeah it was made to do what it needed to only...I agree it was extremely tight but given the alternative I wouldn't have complained... Shocked and they had to inspect the bore on the way up as well... Shocked
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