33 Chilean Miners Emerge to Hero’s Welcome
Last Chilean Miner Warms Countries Hearts With Joy and Happiness
It’s the news we have all been waiting for, as the final Chilean miner rises from the deep cave to see masses of well wishers, including the President of Chile.
After 69 days confined to a small area nearly half a mile below the surface, all 33 miners have been pulled from what could only be described as a potential mass grave, thanks to the quick thinking of the engineering and drilling facilities which have been pushing through the stone over the last few weeks.
Whilst the painstaking extraction is complete, the miners will still have a few hours before they can be completely re-united with the families due to basic health examinations on site then a short helicoptor flight to nearby Copiapo hospital.
The operation to get the miners out began to speed up during the day, thanks to the way the project had been handled from minute one, with miners surfacing from the 28inch hole approximately every 33 minutes.
The Chilean Health Minister, Jamie Manalich, was at the hospital this afternoon greeting the miners as they arrived, some with minor skin problems and eye ulcers, minor dental issues and one potential case of pnumonia. Manalich said that he estimated that all of the miners were expected to be at the hospital by Thursday at 4am local time.
With only extremely small complaints from the miners, the expected duration they will spend in hospital will be around 4-5days maximum, according to a statement made by Manalich.
This is the longest ever rescue situation which has been completed without any deaths or major injuries, which just goes to show that when in need, the world can pull together and make the impossible, possible.
