Miners' Rescue is a Mythic Tale for the Ages By Sam Johnson![]() October 12-13, 2010 The rescue of the “Treinta Tres,” the 33 Chilean miners who were trapped for 70 days at the bottom of the San Jose copper and gold mine, 2,000 feet underground, took 22 hours to complete. All 33 were successfully rescued! Check the links below for additional information and resources related to this, and other mythic "real life" rescues. RESCUE RESOURCES: "Baby Jessica" Rescue 20 Years Later http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/19165433 Baby Jessica Rescue Web Page http://www.caver.net/j/jrescue.html The Epic Rescue of Jessica McClure (People Magazine) http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20193651,00.html Chilean Miners Rescue Videos & News from CNN http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2010/chile.miners/index.html Freed Miners in Chile Tell of Ordeals and Plot New Lives (NY Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/world/americas/14chile.html Top 10 Miraculous Rescues (Time Magazine) http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1977927_1977934_1977974,00.html (These Services and Products May Be of Interest to You. Use Back Button to Return here). |