Picture of rescue capsule from FOX newsLike millions all over the world I had been anxiously following the news updates for the preparations being made to rescue the Chilean miners, trapped since August 5, about half a mile underground, near the city of Copiapo in Chile. They were detected alive on 22 August. That was when rescue operations frantically started.
After digging a 680-yard (622-meter) tunnel, and drilling through to the miners on Oct. 9, rescue teams are conducting test runs and evaluating the stability of the capsule that will carry the miners to freedom. Each miner is to be slowly brought to the surface individually in the capsule through the narrow, rescue shaft that was completed on October 9. The custom-built rescue capsule was designed through a joint collaboration by NASA engineers and the Chilean navy.
The rescue operation is expected to start at 8 pm (GMT)Tuesday.
I hope all 33 of them will be brought up safely. I think no one can even imagine what ordeal these men had been going through.
After digging a 680-yard (622-meter) tunnel, and drilling through to the miners on Oct. 9, rescue teams are conducting test runs and evaluating the stability of the capsule that will carry the miners to freedom. Each miner is to be slowly brought to the surface individually in the capsule through the narrow, rescue shaft that was completed on October 9. The custom-built rescue capsule was designed through a joint collaboration by NASA engineers and the Chilean navy.
The rescue operation is expected to start at 8 pm (GMT)Tuesday.
I hope all 33 of them will be brought up safely. I think no one can even imagine what ordeal these men had been going through.
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