Chile starts rescue of miners

[krispos42]

Source: USA Today

Chile starts rescue of miners

By Victor Herrero, Special for USA TODAY

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — The first of 33 miners trapped underground for more than two months in Chile was rescued early Wednesday.

A capsule containing miner Florencio Avalos broke the surface at 12:10 a.m. local time as a crowd cheered. His ascent came after Manuel Gonzalez, a mine safety expert from Codelco, Chile's state copper giant, reached the bottom of the mine shortly before 11:40 p.m. local time to become the first rescuer to be lowered through a 650-yard long shaft and make contact with the trapped miners.

Live TV images showed Gonzalez arriving at the bottom of the mine shaft, where he was greeted and hugged by the men, who filmed the arrival from inside.



Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-10-12-Chile-miners_N.htm

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First one up! :woohoo:

[AnnieBW]

1. 32 to go!

WOOHOO!

:toast: :applause:

Toasting with Chilean wine...

[Mayflower1]

22. Isn't it great to see

a world united in this rescue ?

An amazing story.

[shireen]

2. yeah, that was pretty damned awesome!

Seeing his son hugging him ... priceless.

[wisteria]

7. Yes it was. n/t

[rasputin1952]

3. First one up!

Hooray for the Chileans and the miners!!!!

[bigworld]

4. LIVE COVERAGE

here... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11489439

[wisteria]

6. +1 n/t

[BlueCollar]

5. One up so far

Capsule is down for the second. It will be a long night...but worth staying up for....

Please kick throughout the night...

[cal04]

8. second one up!

:woohoo:

[Kablooie]

9. Looks like they are being shot up in a slow motion rocket. Amazing.

[2Design]

10. I can't image going down - they have guts n/t

[kestrel91316]

11. Third miner up!

[burrowowl]

12. MSNBC coverage

really good so far, better than CNN!

[Common Sense Party]

13. Chilean television is better than them both.

By far.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

14. This is the fucking feat of the goddamn century.

[kestrel91316]

15. 4th rescuer down! Loading up 4th miner!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

16. And up he goes. 15 minutes, is it?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

17. Fourth miner up!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

18. Fourth miner looks like Laurence Fishburne.

With the sunglasses, even moreso.

[rabs]

19. Bolivian, Carlos Mamani

Only non-Chilean miner.

Evo Morales has promised him a good job back in Bolivia.

[BlueCollar]

20. 8th Miner rescue underway now...

0647: Claudio Yanez has lots to look forward to when he reaches the surface. His fiancee, Cristina, told the BBC earlier this week that she would "cover him with kisses" and has some special lingerie lined up.

edit: to add link

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11489439

[BlueCollar]

21. kick...n/t

[JNelson6563]

23. 15 so far!

This is just awesome! I have been smiling since I started watching the rescue. So happy for these guys and their loved ones.

Julie

[kestrel91316]

24. 16 UP!!! 17 to go, plus the 4 or 5 rescuers. They'll be done by tomorrow AM.

[Uncle Joe]

25. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, krispos.:) :thumbsup:

[BlueCollar]

26. 20 rescued now...13 to go...n/t

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

27. 17 to go. Don't forget the rescuers. -nt

[kestrel91316]

28. Well, but the rescuers don't need to be "rescued", merely retrieved.

[BlueCollar]

29. Miner #21 topside now...n/t

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

30. 24 up now. Only 9 miners and 5 rescuers down there. (I said 4 rescuers above, I was wrong.)

[BlueCollar]

31. Mission Accomplished...all Miners topside...n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

32. Mision compleda Chile!

Wow. What a great thing! :applause: