7th Task Chilean Miners, San Jose Issue

The history of the Chilean miners, the day 5 of August of the 2010 in that 33 miners were buried to 700 meters deep under the earth in the mine San José begins. First there was great shock in the whole country, a lot of sadness and few hopes, nobody believed that they could be saved, all thought that a rescue was impossible. Also all said that the 33 miners were already dead.

After 17 days it happened the wonderful miracle, the miners through the probe sent a paper leaf that had written: "We are well in the refuge the 33 written with red letters. This small message returned the happiness, the trust, the faith, the hope to a whole country.

After all that happiness, the main concern was to know the conditions in that the miners, its feeding and its health were living, with the help of a team of compound professionals for doctors, engineers, miners, the works of shipment of foods and the communication intents began to know the details of the situation.
One of the first questions was the how they were able to survive 17 isolated days, and the answer was: "eating two tuna spoonfuls, every 48 hours", that is incredible.

After some days, the communication is achieved and it was interesting the fact that the miners but that concerned of its situation, they were worried by people that were in the exterior, its wives, children, and the other miners.

Then the most difficult task began: the rescue, and the truth is that precedents of a rescue of these magnitudes didn't exist, for what possibility didn't exist of learning of the experience of developed countries.

Then the rescue was made to the Chilean way", carrying out rehearsals for a medical, military compound team and engineers, they will save the miners through a metallic capsule that will transport them (very similar to an elevator) nicknamed as " Phoenix " that on the average would delay 50 minutes between to lower and to ascend to the surface.

The history finishes after 68 days, with the 33 safe miners, with an entire happy town for its national heroes, but without a doubt the happiest were its families that were waiting for them eagerly, but that in any moment they lost the faith, an unyielding faith, an iron faith.

Affectionate greetings