Americas Reporter, Daily Telegraph
Americas reporter and former chief foreign correspondent for the Daily Telegraph in London
PROFILE
Philip Sherwell
Guest
FROM Philip Sherwell
Which Way, L.A.?
Will the Saga of Trapped Miners Have a Happy Ending? As of 3pm this afternoon in Chile, 18 miners had been pulled from the underground chamber where they were trapped when the Mina San José collapsed more than two months ago. At that time, there were 15 miners left to go. (By the time this rebroadcast airs, all 33 miners had been brought to safety.)
To the Point
Will the Saga of Trapped Miners Have a Happy Ending? Just after midnight this morning, Florencio Ávalos, stepped onto the Earth's surface for the first time since the Mina San José collapsed 68 days ago. Since then, the rest of the 32 Chileans and one Bolivian have been pulled out at the rate of about one every hour, watched by millions of viewers worldwide. What's next for a group of obscure workers who've lived through a real-life disaster scenario and now face massive publicity? How has the extraordinary rescue been accomplished? What will it mean for the image of Chile? Are there any lessons for miners in the United States?
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