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Praxeas

10-12-2010 03:15 PM

Mine Rescue

Im so glad to hear that they are gonna get these guys out before the actual time line they had proposed. What an amazing feat!
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http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/10...fame-fleeting/
After several flawless test runs, rescuers are hours away from descending a 13-foot-tall capsule deep into the earth to bring 33 trapped miners back to the surface after two agonizing months.

Chile's mining minister says officials "hope to have at least one of our miners on the surface" before midnight. He announced the rescue plan at a news conference near the mine site.

dizzyde

10-12-2010 03:40 PM

Re: Mine Rescue

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Originally Posted by Praxeas (Post 972386)

That is awesome, the last I heard it was supposed to be around 3am tomorrow. I know they have been down there a long time, but I am still SURE that any minutes or hours that can be eliminated will thrill them. I'm not sure I understand the reasoning behind bringing the healthiest up first though, can someone walk me through that?

Cindy

10-12-2010 03:57 PM

Re: Mine Rescue

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Originally Posted by dizzyde (Post 972401)

I think they may have to send some people down to get the less healthy out. So the more room the better. This is just my opinion.

Praxeas

10-12-2010 04:03 PM

Re: Mine Rescue

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Originally Posted by Cindy (Post 972410)

I think they may have to send some people down to get the less healthy out. So the more room the better. This is just my opinion.

Maybe not. They are lowering a capsule that the men individually get inside of. The more healthy will put the least healthy in first

*AQuietPlace*

10-12-2010 04:24 PM

Re: Mine Rescue

This is an amazing story. I'm sure it'll become a book, and it should be very interesting.

The guy who has two women waiting on him might be thinking twice about coming up, though. ;) (a wife and a girlfriend)

dizzyde

10-12-2010 04:37 PM

Re: Mine Rescue

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Originally Posted by Praxeas (Post 972411)

Maybe not. They are lowering a capsule that the men individually get inside of. The more healthy will put the least healthy in first

I have read several articles that say that the most healthy or "fit" will be the first out?

Praxeas

10-12-2010 05:31 PM

Re: Mine Rescue

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Originally Posted by dizzyde (Post 972426)

I have read several articles that say that the most healthy or "fit" will be the first out?

That doesn't make sense unless they plan on leaving them behind.

Cindy

10-12-2010 05:46 PM

Re: Mine Rescue

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Originally Posted by Praxeas (Post 972444)

That doesn't make sense unless they plan on leaving them behind.

Oh, surely they wouldn't do that.

canam

10-12-2010 06:01 PM

Re: Mine Rescue

iTS ALSO 90 DEGREES DOWN THERE AND BELOW FREEZING ON THE SURFACE!

Praxeas

10-12-2010 06:20 PM

Re: Mine Rescue

Chile has taken extensive precautions to ensure the miners' health and privacy, sending down Navy special forces paramedics to prepare them for the trip and using a screen to block the top of the shaft from more than 1,000 journalists at the scene.

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