Started by The Biscuit Queen, Oct 13, 2010, 03:12 AM
If they are able to keep on this schedule, they should have #33 out (plus two volunteers who went down) by roughly 7 p.m. tonight, Pacific time. Keep praying that the little elevator that can keeps chugging along, getting those men out.
the rescue capsule was built in Pennsylvania
I think Paul was being sarcastic.
Our hearts go out to all the men and women who must work below ground.
Quote from: The Gonzman on Oct 13, 2010, 06:23 PMthe rescue capsule was built in PennsylvaniaThe capsule , the biggest of three built by Chilean navy engineers, was named Phoenix I for the mythical bird that rises from ashes and is painted in the white, blue and red of the Chilean flag.
Why are they called miners. Why not men. If it were 23 women you can bet we'd damn well know they were women.
Quote from: Mr. X on Oct 14, 2010, 01:38 PMWhy are they called miners. Why not men. If it were 23 women you can bet we'd damn well know they were women. When firefighters die, it's a pretty safe bet they were men unless they were forest firefighters, which seem to be about 50/50 men and women.
Mines cave-in in China and EcuadorMalaysia SunSunday 17th October, 201020 miners are dead and another 17 are missing underground in a Chinese mine accident.The mine in the city of Yuzhou in the central province of Henan collapsed during a sudden coal and gas outburst according to officials.276 miners were at work below ground when the accident occurred.While most made it to the surface, rescuers have been held up in looking for the others due to high gas levels in the mine.Meanwhile, in scenes reminiscent from those in neighbouring Chile, emergency teams headed underground at a gold mine in Ecuador only to find miners had died in a rockfall.Hoping to rescue the four workers who had become trapped, the rescuers dug through debris closest to the men.Three of the four workers at the Casa Negra mine, near the town of Portavelo, were found dead on Saturday, while the status of the fourth man is still unknown.The Ecuadoran miners were trapped early on Friday, shortly after Chile completed its historic, successful rescue of 33 miners who had been stuck underground in the San Jose mine for a record period of nearly 10 weeks.