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.
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10-13-2010, 06:46 AM #1
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10-13-2010, 07:33 AM #2
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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!
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10-13-2010, 01:49 PM #3
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I was looking at pictures and noticed that one guy had Oakleys and another, and another...
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10-13-2010, 02:37 PM #4
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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."If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
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10-13-2010, 03:15 PM #5
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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.
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10-13-2010, 05:38 PM #6
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I just saw the last one emerge. wow...what a wonderful day it was for their families.
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10-13-2010, 05:42 PM #7
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Last miner is out!
Just heard on the radio that the last miner is out. Now they have to retrieve the 6 rescue personnel that went down to help get them prepped and loaded.
YAAAYYY!!! And the world cheered!!!!
To my earlier post - like many things - it was an international effort to get feat accomplished. I still thank the crews from the Netherlands and Germany that helped pump out New Orleans. When things go really to h*LL in a handbasket we can pull together globally and get wonderful things accomplished.Beth
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10-13-2010, 07:13 PM #8
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too bad the owner of the mine is nowhere to be found....
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