Posted on 08/27/2010 7:59:55 AM PDT by Weird Tolkienish Figure
The 33 miners trapped for three weeks almost half a mile underground appear in good spirits and reasonably good health in the first video images of them in their subterranean home.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
It's pretty heartwarming to see how their spirits are holding out after 3 weeks like this. God bless 'em!
Video came back with audio only.....message was....
“NEED MOAR COWBELL!”
Godspeed.
It’ll be a great day when they finally get them out of there. This reminds me of the Que Creek miners trapped several years ago in PA. I wonder what they must be thinking.
They’re saying they won’t be out until Christmas. :(
This is just heart-breaking. My prayers go out to them.
Question: Do they get paid for their time down there?
God bless them indeed. What a bittersweet thing it must be for their families to see the video and know their loved ones are alive, and yet may not get out for months...
Dear Lord, please free the Chilean miners.
Amen.
“Theyre saying they wont be out until Christmas. :(”
Yes, I heard that. I’m surprised it will take so long. I know they have to drill probably a 2 foot wide hole 1/2 mile through solid rock, but 4 months?
In all seriousness, I posted a very similar question here at #23 last night, and haven't received a response. I wasn't trying to be a smartass, but simply wondered how it would be addressed.
The Chilean government has seized $1.8mm dollars for their benefit from the company, which is likely to declare bankruptcy.
The miners average about $15K in wages a year, or about $7.50 an hour.
If they were paid for 24 hours a day for 150 days, it would be about $890K.
But assuming that anything besides 8 hours per weekday is double overtime, it's about $1.8mm.
See post 12.
This breaks my heart. It is beyond comprehension. I can admire the spirit of these men and hope for their quickest retrieval.
As a note, I am so extremely claustrophobic, that even watching the video makes me physically ill.
If they move too fast and make a mistake, those guys will be crushed under thousands of tons of rock.
A big concern is that one or more of them will break down psychologically and cause problems for the whole group.
They're pretty used to being deep underground but . . .
wonder if they’re still on the clock. they’re hourly ain’t they?
wonder if they’re still on the clock. they’re hourly ain’t they?
They need to send down a crate of vuvuzela’s to help them keep thier spirits up.
The mining company said they were bankrupt - the state is paying for the rescue, supposedly.
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