You've obviously been underground if you haven't heard about the inspirational story of the 33 trapped miners in Chile (underground, ha-ha).
Months of painstaking work has gone into working out exactly how rescue teams were going to save the miners who were trapped underground for 10 weeks.
The first miner rescued was 31 year old father of two Florencio Avalos, who was brought to the surface around 2pm yesterday, to the cheers of thousands as they embraced the act of human resilience. There was still alot of work to be done however.
"The world will never forget ... hopefully the example of these miners will stay with us forever," he said.
"This won't be over until all 33 are out," the President said.
"Hopefully the spirit of these miners will remain forever with us. ... This country is capable of great things."
The capsule which they are using to rescue the miners comprises of a metal cage barely big enough for a person to fit inside, and it was lowered into the rescue shaft and lifted slowly back to ground level in a test run before the rescue teams proceeded to real thing.
The miners will continue to be brought to the surface, 1 by 1, until all miners have been rescued. This is expected to end after a tedious 36 hour ordeal.
The ability to overcome such danger and hardship is applaudable. Survival is definitely hot right now. Inspiring stuff!
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