Chile Mine Rescue

On August 5th, 2010 the San Jose mine in Chile collapsed trapping 33 Chilean miners inside. The Chilean miners were trapped 700 meters underground in the mine for 69 days and lived under a shelter underground until they were rescued. The men had food and other supplies delivered to them through small and narrow holes drilled down to them. Rescuers started their mission to rescue the miners on Monday October 11th 2010.
The engineers organized a plan to drill a shaft in the ground for the miners to be hoisted out to safety. Before the drilling could take place the engineers had to determine whether or not the miners could be hoisted up through the exploded rock or if they would need steel piping for the shaft. Once the drilling had begun, the works had to lower a camera in the shaft after the drill was removed to allow the experts to evaluate the state of the rock walls and see what would be the best solution for the rescue. This rescue effort is believed to be the deepest ever and the survivors have been underground longer than anyone who has made it out alive. It's also one of the most advanced of its kind, and it could help other countries and states increase their standards of mines in the future.
When October 11th 2010, rolled around, the plan finally took place, and it was a success. The 33 men that were buried alive were finally brought back to their loved ones and out of the mine. “I feel that this is a very serious and scary issue for both the miners and the families involved and I’m very happy that the plan was a success, even though I feel that they should have planned this out sooner and done more to get the miners out of the mine sooner” said student Mercedes Erpelding when asked about the current issue. It’s a big difference for people who work in mines back in the 1960s it was very likely for miners to have causalities and it was known of, they would usually send money to the widows but now its very unusual because of all the mine safety that has been advanced over the years. Hopefully nothing like this happens again and the mine safety will increase to protect miners from dangers like this.