Chilean miners to be freed tonight, hopefully

[Skud]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americ...ex.html?hpt=T1

More than 2 months trapped a half mile below the surface. I feel for these poor men: the trauma they've been through is unimaginable. I wish them the best from here on out, and hope that they receive all the help they need to return to normal lives.

[Rand{CLR}]

I dunno; I'd almost rather stay down there a bit longer than have to ride in that cage thing they have. Did you see how tight that thing is? I can't imagine standing in that thing however long it takes to come up, staring into the deep blackness of a tunnel barely half an inch away.

-Rand

[Skud]

I dunno; I'd almost rather stay down there a bit longer than have to ride in that cage thing they have. Did you see how tight that thing is? I can't imagine standing in that thing however long it takes to come up, staring into the deep blackness of a tunnel barely half an inch away.

-Rand

Well, they've been standing in deep blackness for 2 months now: the ride would be small potatoes. Oh, and I sure wouldn't wait for them to build an escalator!

[{CLR} ObiTroy]

That's good news.

I read an article the other day that one of the miners will have both his wife and girlfriend waiting on him when he comes up. He probably volunteered to be the last one out.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/09...est=latestnews

[Skud]

That's good news.

I read an article the other day that one of the miners will have both his wife and girlfriend waiting on him when he comes up. He probably volunteered to be the last one out.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/09...est=latestnews

Lmao

[Pumpkin_Jack]

That's good news.

I read an article the other day that one of the miners will have both his wife and girlfriend waiting on him when he comes up. He probably volunteered to be the last one out.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/09...est=latestnews

someones getting lucky tonight

[Slaughter]

All joking aside, these folks have been through something that is difficult to comprehend how we'd handle it. The BBC is running live updates:

BBC News - Chile mine rescue

[RocketMan]

Barrios is on his way up

[Minerva]

[{CLR} ObiTroy]

Just watch them pull #14 out... awesome.

[Rand{CLR}]

This is compelling stuff. There hasn't been a "TELEVISION EVENT" on this scale since probably the "shock and awe" in 2003. I'm wondering if they're trying to make the ones still underground get some rest though. At this rate it may take almost 30 total hours, and on top of their stress and emotions that may be a bit much for staying up.

Course, nobody would be able to sleep, so maybe they can get them some rest soon after the medical tests.

-Rand

[Hobo in the Rafters]

Just saw #26 go up. Finally something on TV worth watching :P

[Reconsnipe1]

I think #28 just went up.

[baconoclock]

And theyre done rescued!

Just saw a statistic that this is one of the highest events in internet traffic.

[{CLR} ObiTroy]

It's great... a very happy ending to a story that could have easily been a tragedy.