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Trapped Chilean Miners Argue Over Who's Out Last
Yahoo News Via AP ^
| Octgober 10, 2010
| FRANK BAJAK and MICHAEL WARREN
Posted on 10/10/2010 1:06:51 PM PDT by lbryce
After more than two months trapped deep in a Chilean mine, 33 miners were so giddy with confidence, officials said Sunday, they were arguing over who would be the last to take a twisting 20-minute ride to daylight and the embrace of those they love.
Officials have drawn up a tentative list of the order in which the 33 miners should be rescued, and Health Minister Jaime Manalich said the otherwise cooperative miners were squabbling about it — so sure of the exit plan that they are asking to let their comrades be first to reach the surface, probably on Wednesday.
"They were fighting with us yesterday because everyone wanted to be at the end of the line, not the beginning," he told reporters.
Manalich told The Associated Press that a few, in private conversations among themselves, have volunteered to go up first. "But no one has done so publicly," he added.
"I think they're more excited than scared or nervous," Brandon Fisher, president of Center Rock Inc., the Pennsylvania company whose hammer-style drill heads created the hole, told AP. "That first guy up might be a little nervous, though."
The final order will probably be determined by two paramedics — one from the Navy and one from the Codelco state mining company — who will be lowered into the mine to prepare the men for their journey in one of the three rescue capsules built by Chilean naval engineers.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chileanminers; rescue
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Fascinating details, intricacies of rescue, contingencies implemented to ensuring safe, successful return of those trapped half-mile down.
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posted on
10/10/2010 1:06:51 PM PDT
by
lbryce
To: lbryce
Trapped Chilean Miners Argue Over Who's Out Las
"No, What's out last! Who's out first!"
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posted on
10/10/2010 1:09:52 PM PDT
by
Rastus
To: lbryce; Bigg Red
"They were fighting with us yesterday because everyone wanted to be at the end of the line, not the beginning," he told reporters.Good for them!
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posted on
10/10/2010 1:10:20 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
To: lbryce
Will that argument be in the movie? lol.
Duck season!
Wabbit Season!
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posted on
10/10/2010 1:10:27 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
To: lbryce
Scissors, paper, stones....
Wow, can’t really blame ‘em really. Hate to be the last guy and the mine caves in.
To: lbryce
I’ll bet the guy whose wife and mistress met at the top of the shaft wants to be last.
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posted on
10/10/2010 1:12:05 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(If the train leaves Hartford on May Day, how many turkeys will have snowballs in the Bahamas?)
To: lbryce
Even if they aren’t arguing, the MSM will make it a story to promote.
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posted on
10/10/2010 1:12:05 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: lbryce
Real men, arguing whose balls hang the lowest. I love it. Meanwhile hollywood is probably writing a script about gay sex while being trapped underground for several months.....
To: Tax-chick
>>>>I’ll bet the guy whose wife and mistress met at the top of the shaft wants to be last.
More like he doesn’t want out at all...
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posted on
10/10/2010 1:13:18 PM PDT
by
Keith in Iowa
(FR Class of 1998 | TV News is an oxymoron. | MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
To: Paved Paradise
First one and last one out will be given the most attention. The families should just be grateful to God and the rescuers on their safe return
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posted on
10/10/2010 1:13:43 PM PDT
by
shadeaud
("If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten." -- George Carlin B)
To: lbryce
"They were fighting with us yesterday because everyone wanted to be at the end of the line, not the beginning," Refreshing.
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posted on
10/10/2010 1:14:18 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 628 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: Tax-chick
lol. That’s right! I bet with the fate he’s destined to endure, I’m sure he’s had second thoughts about whether to come up at all.
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posted on
10/10/2010 1:14:37 PM PDT
by
lbryce
(Obama Notwithstanding, America's Best Days Are Yet To Be .)
To: Paved Paradise
You’ve got it backwards. They are arguing for the last ride up, not the first. Several people in this country should be required to review the after action reports.
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posted on
10/10/2010 1:14:44 PM PDT
by
mazda77
(Rubio - US Senate, West FL22nd, Scott/Carroll - FL Gov/LtGov, Miller-AK US Senate)
To: lbryce
The answer is easy. The fattest one comes out last in case he gets stuck in the tube.
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posted on
10/10/2010 1:14:58 PM PDT
by
BRL
To: lbryce
All I can think of is that I hope they have very powerful eye protection for them. The sudden exposure to daylight will be very painful. And a dozen other, similar adjustments.
So glad the rescue was moved up to October from December. Can’t even imagine.
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posted on
10/10/2010 1:17:40 PM PDT
by
EDINVA
To: BRL
The fattest one comes out last in case he gets stuck
in the tube.
Do you honestly believe that anyone of them is fat after
weeks of stress and limited food.
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posted on
10/10/2010 1:20:55 PM PDT
by
righttackle44
(I may not be much, but I raised a United States Marine.)
To: EGPWS
Por supuesto!
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posted on
10/10/2010 1:20:55 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
To: Keith in Iowa; lbryce
It’s going to be pretty traumatic when he gets to the surface.
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posted on
10/10/2010 1:22:19 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(If the train leaves Hartford on May Day, how many turkeys will have snowballs in the Bahamas?)
To: BenLurkin
Or, knowing that the last one out will get all the glory...
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posted on
10/10/2010 1:23:33 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
To: mazda77
That is beautiful. Talk about humbling. I agree with your sentiments exactly. Watch and Learn America.
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