China Daily

8 night of 22, from San Jose, Chile copper mine collapse has been 17 days, and trapped 700 meters deep, 33 miners alive or dead. When the rescue workers will explore the 8th floor bar back when, people were happy to find that the top line of the small note that read: "We are all 33 people alive." With ecstasy, Chile launched a "nationwide rescue." However, the reality is cruel, and miners are not rescued soon, they have to wait months to see a bright future. When the trapped miners on behalf of President of Chile, Piñera calls, he requested, said: "We rescued as soon as possible, do not abandon us." Piniella replied: "You will not be abandoned, not a single moment."

17 days trapped underground, Chile copper mine 33 San Jose 22 miners still survive. This in itself is a miracle, how they survive it? However, the worst news yet to come --- a few months after the miners to be rescued! When he learned the truth, the performance of a cooling-off miners, 26, a video was also self-timer, looks very promising. However, the concern has not diminished, a few months stay in a narrow ground, the dull black and hot, they Nengao through?

trapped for 17 days is still alive

contact with the ground, the miners Wu Era recalled on August 5 when the mine collapsed the terrorist scene.

"too scary, feels like a whole mountain to the same pressure to us. Thank God, then we do not get together to eat, we eat places are buried." Wu Era said, " We are trapped in the first 4-5 hours, the did not see anything. Then we vaguely saw a huge rock, it blocked the access route to. "

Fortunately, the safety of 33 people, They hide within the shelter every day to eat 2 tsp of canned tuna and half of the stone biscuit, with a few drops of milk to the food, rushed into the stomach. For these to be buried alive under the workers in the mine, although not strictly quantitative food cooing sounds soothe their stomach, but it can help them survive. In addition to food, they also found the groundwater, which guarantees that they can survive.

after 17 days of waiting, 33 miners finally give the world the good news - the 8th when the rescue workers will explore the underground bar, they tied the knot at the top of a small piece of paper stating the "33 people are alive we all."

Chile launched a nationwide rescue

this issue in the media, immediately attracted the attention of Chile country and the world. A whole nation, led by the Chilean government launched rescue operations.

However, the rescue operation to last for several months before Christmas, Chile hopes to rescue the miners. If they would want the bad news to the miners do? Beginning of the Government of Chile was very indecisive. However, 25 they are still "carefully" to the news this trapped miners. Chile's health minister 海梅马纳利 Church, said that when the reaction of trapped miners calm, but may feel a period of time in the future, "despair, pain and severe discomfort."

to spend a few months, food is an important material --- the first two weeks about lack of food not drink, physical miners reached the limit, the Chilean government will pour the high energy of glucose plastic and canned liquid milk have been dug by a few hundred meters long underground tunnel to transport. Despite the difficult life of 17 days, miners has dropped a lot of weight, but the Chilean government still requires underground miners fat diet, because life-saving channel is expected to accommodate more than 90 cm waist circumference only people.

to help the miners to cope with physical and psychological difficulties, the Chilean government announced a rescue of 25 "preparation plan" trapped miners will be required where the area was divided into three parts, one for sleeping and one in at work, another for the toilet. Manaliqi said: "This program includes singing, to the activities of games, card games, painting and all the things they can use."

take into account the long-term living environment underground, and the International Space Station similarities, the Chilean government has turned to NASA.

trapped miners passing notes marry him

rescue plan in accordance with the present mood seems good miners.

26 days, the Government of Chile announced a 45-minute-long miners video clips, video, looks very spirit of the miners. They took the camera self-timer, someone singing the national anthem, some shouting "Long live Chile! Miners Long live!"

video, the miners were a good mental state, their bare upper body, face, long beard. Lens of a thermometer, then the temperature was 29.5 degrees Celsius.

a miner through a mine video to introduce people to the situation. Down his gestures and video camera, a haven for people to see more small miners, rocks tumbled down the side of that. The miners said: "This place is small, but enough to miners lying or standing." He also showed a small cup to brush your teeth, but also to pray every day for the small space. "Everything here is very organized."

"We play cards and play dominoes. Each day, the meeting, we plan a day together, all decisions must be trapped by the 33 miners, agreed. "he said.

in the video, you can still see a lot of miners, wearing helmets, they waved smiling to the camera. But some miners appear to have just waken up, a bit confused. Greetings to family members of a miner to the camera and the government, said: "Let us leave here as soon as possible."

Not only that, the miners trapped in mine Eestaban Roja also "romantic" to gravitropism From paper, to marry his girlfriend. Today, his hands clenched his girlfriend, "marry note" that read: "When I walked out of mine, we buy a dress together, marry me! Love you Eestaban Roja."

responsible for the accident to wait for liquidation

After the accident, the families of trapped miners have been introduced in the mine pitched tents outside the open areas. They temporarily abandoned work in the mine every day outside the guarded hope that watched their loved ones were rescued.

families are waiting, but also take up legal arms, hoping for a mining company statement. 26, the first lawsuit from the mine has been submitted to the relevant legal departments. Mine accident belongs Shengyiside class Pulimaila company a defendant.

families and mining companies are trying to negotiate, they want to be compensated accordingly. But the mining company said it might file for bankruptcy protection, which means that compensation will be for naught. Family members, who can only go so legal way to solve the problem. Chile after a court accepted the case to take the first move is to freeze the company's 1.8 million U.S. dollars in revenue, to respond to the families of their claims. Families to the attorney 爱德戈多莱诺索 said: "Although the miners are still alive, but things happen and long-term rescue, the psychological impact on family members who obviously is huge."

The accident responsibility of the Chilean government and the Congress have set up the group, are probing the circumstances leading to the accident Reasons. Government of Chile announced on the 26th, from mining accidents occur, the nation's mine safety on a large check, shut down and more than 30 small copper mine failed.

reporter Zhang Le

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miners how to survive these months? In addition to sufficient food and fresh air, the following five suggestions may be able to ensure that the miners safely Masui.

1. Let the miners and the people who love to get in touch. University College London, psychological trauma expert Dr. James Thompson, to the relatives if they can express himself, "I am alive," which will help them to release a huge mental pressure.

2. Living in the underground is not easy due to the long heat, so New Zealand proposal for mining expert 戴夫卡伊斯特 rescue personnel should be appropriately increased ventilation. He said: "The deeper underground, the higher the temperature is expected to trapped miners could face more than 30 ℃ high temperature, a few months at this temperature is certainly a test. This means that at least four liters of water per person per day, so water supply and exhaust ventilation is extremely important. "

3. to maximize the trapped miners, more activities. University of Brighton exercise physiology expert Dr Alan Richardson said the miners could not reach the ground normal muscle exercise, when to be rescued to the ground may be the feeling of walking in space. Therefore, in order to avoid such damage, may suggest the miners try to do simple activities.

4. Rescuers should tell the miners, in the ground should also have an "organization." Elected leaders, and different people have different tasks, such as the establishment of a public toilet, it was clean and regularly deal with chores, etc. also need to leadership and communication bring their families above the exchange. "These seem like much, but you can make them scattered in underground activities Buzhi Yu. There are targets for the existence of power. On the morale is very important." Trauma expert at University College London, James Thompson introduction so.

5. To avoid infectious diseases. UK College of Science, Professor Mike Di Pudui Portsmouth that in a confined underground space as a long life, prevent illness and infection is an extremely difficult task. "Sick or injured, the above can be sent down the drugs. But the case of infectious diseases, many miners have been infected with it, staff can not well the next." (Zhang Le)