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All out

October 14th, 2010 at 4:01 pm by David Farrar

All 33 miners have been rescued after 70 odd days trapped in a mine. It has been gripping viewing.  Damn insects got into my eyes a couple of times.

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10 Responses to “All out”

  1. Chthoniid (1,912) Says:
    October 14th, 2010 at 4:09 pm

    excellent news, and thrilled that they all survived the ordeal.

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  2. Dazzaman (1,008) Says:
    October 14th, 2010 at 4:26 pm

    Good news. Looking at jobs up top I guess?

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  3. OECD rank 22 kiwi (2,675) Says:
    October 14th, 2010 at 4:29 pm

    Last rescuer coming up now.

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  4. OECD rank 22 kiwi (2,675) Says:
    October 14th, 2010 at 4:32 pm

    The last Rescue worker, Manuel Gonzalez, is back on the surface.

    Well done guys.

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  5. gravedodger (1,175) Says:
    October 14th, 2010 at 4:44 pm

    Quite emotive, watching brave professionals going about their tasks and of course many others are doing equally brave acts to sort out messes the world over without the glare of the media scrum. I couldn’t help wincing every time some daft commentator tested “Murphey’s” law as they assumed all would go well till the last man surfaces when we all know counting chickens while they are still in eggs is fraught with danger.
    Idiot instant experts, talking heads testing fate when this whole operation is subject to many risks with disaster only a mechanical failure away.
    Phew great result.

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  6. Manolo (9,929) Says:
    October 14th, 2010 at 4:49 pm

    Congratulations to Chile and its people for carrying out an magnificent engineering feat. Well done.

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  7. James Stephenson (1,470) Says:
    October 14th, 2010 at 5:44 pm

    Good news. Looking at jobs up top I guess?

    Book deals, film rights…they’ll never need to work again is my guess.

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  8. adze (1,443) Says:
    October 14th, 2010 at 6:05 pm

    Great job Chile.

    Did anyone else notice the voice-over blooper on the One News coverage? Lol

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  9. beautox (323) Says:
    October 14th, 2010 at 7:30 pm

    >> Book deals, film rights…they’ll never need to work again is my guess.

    Quite right too. I think it’s entirely fair that these men should never have to go down a mine again.

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  10. fredinthegrass (250) Says:
    October 14th, 2010 at 8:47 pm

    JS and beautox – I respectfully suggest you underestimate the phsychie of miners.
    I suspect a good proportion will “go back down”.

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