Chile’s Trapped Miners Get 1,000 Job Offers
There really is a light at the end of the tunnel: The 33 trapped miners might still be trapped, but all told they have so far received more than one thousand job offers.
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Cannibalism survivors talk to Chilean miners
This is not how I would try to boost their morale: Cannibalism survivors of plane crash talk to Chilean miners. Key advice from one of the crash survivors:
“They are much luckier than we were because they didn’t have to make the terrible decision to eat their friends.”
Chilean miner, wife, and mistress
This won’t be good for home life: The wife and mistress of one of the Chilean miners happened to meet, at the entrance of the mine.
No cigarettes or wine for Chilean miners
No cigarettes or wine for trapped Chilean miners.
Chilean miners get Play Stations
More news from Chile: The trapped miners are not only getting food and toiletries, they are getting Playstation Portables for playing video games to pass the time!
NASA team heads for Chile
A four person team of NASA scientists are heading to Chile to aid in the mine rescue efforts.
Living underground for months
Though this article outlines succinctly the physical and mental difficulties faced by the 33 trapped Chilean miners, it also tends to overemphasize the worst case scenerios, none of which are likely to happen. I can state from personal experience — having spent numerous weekends underground during cave exploration trips — that though their situation is very unpleasant, I have no doubt these miners will survive. Because they have contact with the surface, and therefore a regular supply of food and information, they will simply demonstrate the limitless range of human endurance, and hold on until rescue arrives.
Chile asks NASA for advice on keeping trapped miners alive
Chile asks NASA for advice on keeping the 33 trapped miners alive in the weeks to months required to dig a rescue shaft.