rescue of the Chilean miners

[crazycanuck]

I think i'm the only person avoiding the media circus surrounding the event.

After witnessing the rescue of Brant Webb and Todd Russell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaconsfield_Mine_collapse, it doesn't take a genius to figure out what the media will be doing to get "the best story" and keep pestering the public with it.

There are other events happing in the world.

[OakLeaf]

Part of what's cool about this is all the psychosocial support they're planning to give the miners and their families to help them deal with the instant and temporary celebrity.

The rescue (and their survival up until the rescue) is pretty incredible.

[bmccasland]

Congrats to Chilipepper and your countrymen and women for pulling this off!

Here's to the rest of the miners coming out of that hole safely.

Are you saving a bottle of the good stuff for a final toast?

[badger]

I haven't watched t.v. for the past couple of days so I haven't seen any of it.

I must admit, the first thing I thought was "they must smell!"

Glad they're finally getting out, though!

[malkin]

I was looking at pictures and noticed that one guy had Oakleys and another, and another...

[KnottedYet]

The Oakleys were donated. Super-dark and polarized with full wrap-around. The miners' eyes are at risk for some hefty damage coming out into sunlight or the bright work lights after being in dim and dark conditions for 2 months.

Lots of companies donated equipment for this rescue.

NASA donated liquid anti-nausea food for them to prep for the capsule, a company in Virginia donated the safety harnesses, another US company donated the medical monitors each man wears in the capsule, etc.

[Trek420]

I was watching on a break and just saw the 25th miner come out. As the capsule went back down I think the crew was chanting "26 .... 26 ....." at least I think that's what it was in Spanish.

Very moving. Now they are showing film live. I read when the first miner surfaced they would only show still shots on a 30 second delay because they did not know what condition they'd be in nor how they'd react.

Now it's live film.

Congratulations to all involved with the rescue. It's wonderful to see countries pulling together to pull it off. That's how it should be.

Congrat's to the people of Chile.