Do you remember the Chilean miners?

The Chilean miners were rescued a year ago, in October 2010. Do you remember the story. Here you have a summary. Please, read it and then enter you comments telling how you and your family followed this shocking accident with a happy ending. After reading, answer the following questions:

a)What happened?
b)When did it happen?
c)Where did it happen?
d)How long were the miners trapped?
e)What did everybody fear?
f)What did the government do to find the miners?
g)How did the miners communicate they were alive?
h)When were the miners rescued?

"The 2010 Copiapó mining accident, also known as the "Chilean mining accident", began in the afternoon of Thursday, 5 August 2010 as a significant cave-in at the troubled 121-year-old San José copper–gold mine. The mine is located deep in the Atacama Desert, one of the driest regions in the world. The buried men, who became known as "Los 33" ("The 33"), were trapped 700 meters (2,300 ft) underground. The mixed crew of experienced miners and technical support personnel subsequently survived for a record 69 days deep underground before their rescue. During this time the world feared that the workers had probably not survived the collapse or would have starved to death before they were found, if ever.

The nation's tremendous outpouring of public concern for the 33 lost miners led the national government to take over the faltering search and rescue operation. Eight exploratory boreholes were hastily drilled. Seventeen days after the accident, on 22 August, a note written in bold red letters appeared taped to a drill bit when it was pulled to the surface after penetrating an area believed to be accessible to the trapped workers. It read simply "Estamos bien en el refugio, los 33" (English: "We are well in the shelter, the 33"). The nation of Chile erupted into a wave of euphoria and demanded that Chile's leaders find a way to bring the trapped workers safely home to their waiting families.

Once the government rescuers knew that the men were alive, Chile implemented a comprehensive plan to both nurture the workers during their entrapment and to rescue the miners from the depths. After 69 days trapped deep underground, all 33 men were brought safely to the surface on 13 October 2010 over a period of almost 24 hours."

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