Related News
4 miner rescued from Chilean mine so far
Source: Xinhua |
October 13, 2010, Wednesday
|
Online Edition
Online Edition
Bolivian Carlos Mamani became the 4th miner rescued from the San Jose mine when the capsule that lifted him up was brought back to surface early this morning.
Mamani was the only non-Chilean worker among the 33 miners who had been trapped 700 meters underground for 69 days.
Mamani worked at the mine only five days before it collapsed on August 5.
The mine is located near the city of Copiapo, 800 km north of the capital city of Santiago.
The final rescue operation for the 33 workers began yesterday evening, with Florencio Avalos being the first to be rescued just after midnight. Next up was fellow miner Mario Sepulveda, and then came Juan Illanes.
Avalos, 31, was pulled up to fresh air in a capsule about 10 minutes after midnight local time, after spending 69 days some 700 meters underground.
The man was welcomed by his family and Chilean President Sebastian Pinera as well as hundreds of people who gathered at the scene to witness the historic moment.
No one before the 32 Chileans and one Bolivian had survived deep underground for so long. The rest will be hoisted to the ground one by one and the whole rescue operation will probably last for more than 30 hours.
The first to welcome Avalos was his 7-year-old son Bario, who burst into tears upon seeing his father appear from the rescue tube and ran to his father after Avalos came out of the capsule.
The miner then hugged his wife, before medical staff took him over and requested him to lay down in a stretcher to be taken to a temporary hospital just a few meters away.
The father of two has been a miner for eight years. Before the mine collapsed on August 5, he was chief of the mine. Among his friends, he is known as "Flor (Flower)."
He was also the one in charge of shooting with a video camera lowered to them by rescuers all the greetings his companions sent to their relatives.
After Avalos surfaced, a second rescuer, named Roberto Rios, was sent down through the rescue shaft to join Manuel Gonzalez in preparing the trapped men for the rescue operation.
Shortly afterwards, President Pinera held a press conference where he said the San Jose mine will not be opened again until it fulfills all the safety requirements and that other mines will also be closed and checked.
"If a country wants to be developed it has to protect its workers, because they deserve and need the protection in the past they did not have," Pinera said.
The miraculous rescue has captivated the world since the miners were found alive 17 days after the collapse. It is the first such operation across the world.
Late last week, a 624-meter rescue tunnel linking the surface and an underground staging place was completed. Technicians ran several tests before the rescue began.
Mamani was the only non-Chilean worker among the 33 miners who had been trapped 700 meters underground for 69 days.
Mamani worked at the mine only five days before it collapsed on August 5.
The mine is located near the city of Copiapo, 800 km north of the capital city of Santiago.
The final rescue operation for the 33 workers began yesterday evening, with Florencio Avalos being the first to be rescued just after midnight. Next up was fellow miner Mario Sepulveda, and then came Juan Illanes.
Avalos, 31, was pulled up to fresh air in a capsule about 10 minutes after midnight local time, after spending 69 days some 700 meters underground.
The man was welcomed by his family and Chilean President Sebastian Pinera as well as hundreds of people who gathered at the scene to witness the historic moment.
No one before the 32 Chileans and one Bolivian had survived deep underground for so long. The rest will be hoisted to the ground one by one and the whole rescue operation will probably last for more than 30 hours.
The first to welcome Avalos was his 7-year-old son Bario, who burst into tears upon seeing his father appear from the rescue tube and ran to his father after Avalos came out of the capsule.
The miner then hugged his wife, before medical staff took him over and requested him to lay down in a stretcher to be taken to a temporary hospital just a few meters away.
The father of two has been a miner for eight years. Before the mine collapsed on August 5, he was chief of the mine. Among his friends, he is known as "Flor (Flower)."
He was also the one in charge of shooting with a video camera lowered to them by rescuers all the greetings his companions sent to their relatives.
After Avalos surfaced, a second rescuer, named Roberto Rios, was sent down through the rescue shaft to join Manuel Gonzalez in preparing the trapped men for the rescue operation.
Shortly afterwards, President Pinera held a press conference where he said the San Jose mine will not be opened again until it fulfills all the safety requirements and that other mines will also be closed and checked.
"If a country wants to be developed it has to protect its workers, because they deserve and need the protection in the past they did not have," Pinera said.
The miraculous rescue has captivated the world since the miners were found alive 17 days after the collapse. It is the first such operation across the world.
Late last week, a 624-meter rescue tunnel linking the surface and an underground staging place was completed. Technicians ran several tests before the rescue began.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
