Beyond Chile
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| Aldrin Cardon |
It depended on where we sat, or stood.
I happened to be in front of a television set in a restaurant when the first blurred images of the successful rescue of the 33 miners trapped in an underground Chilean tunnel of about 2,000 feet of soil, mud and rock were beamed via a foreign news channel.
It was a surreal event that would have competed with those quaint black and white images of man’s first landing on the moon eons ago.
Only that this time, it was all about saving lives and escaping from deep space, from where they survived for three months when in other circumstances, such as in China mines in a number of instances, many have perished within a few days of lack of food and oxygen.
All 33, including a lone Bolivian, were rescued after an operation that was flawlessly faster than expected. The jubilation that exploded soon after the ascent of the first few miners was likened to those of cheers heard only during World Cup competitions, and no wonder, the world was transfixed on the rescue, their chants of Chi-le, Chi-le, Chile, heard louder than they were during the great football matches, that even Franklin Lobos, one of the trapped miners, who once played for the Chilean national team to the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, would have savored them more than he did when he was still among the top athletes of his land..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101018com6.html
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