Buried alive : the true story of the Chilean mining disaster and the extraordinary rescue at Camp Hope / Manuel Pino Toro ; foreword by Natalie Morales.
Pino Toro, Manuel.
2011
TN311 .P5613 2011 (Mapit)
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Title Buried alive : the true story of the Chilean mining disaster and the extraordinary rescue at Camp Hope / Manuel Pino Toro ; foreword by Natalie Morales.
Author Pino Toro, Manuel.
Uniform Title Vivos bajo tierra. English
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780230115156
0230115152
Imprint New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Language English
Description x, 222 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number TN311 .P5613 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 622/.34220983145
Summary "On August 5, 2010, a tunnel in the gold and copper mine in the Atacama Desert in Chile collapsed, with all of its miners trapped underground. For days, the families waited breathlessly as percussion drills searched out signs of life. Finally, a note came back from below--the miners were alive and safe. Now the rescue crew needed to burrow through 2300 feet of solid rock to get them out. For nine weeks, the world watched as Chile threw all of its resources into the effort. Televisions flashed images of worried families holding vigil night and day and of Chile's newly elected President Pinera making their recovery his personal crusade. What the cameras didn't reveal was the behind-the-scenes intrigue: the corruption that led to faulty construction of the tunnel in the first place; how the men lived in a muddy and humid environment where the temperature was unbearably hot; how the rescue effort became a political campaign to raise the president's sagging numbers; and the abundant hope necessary to sustain the men in their underground captivity. Author Manuel Pino takes us into his native Chile and, drawing on direct access to the miners and their families, weaves a rich narrative of extraordinary survival and triumph"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Includes index.
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The ill-fated shift
Reckless acts
Men cry, too
Anguish versus laughter
"We are okay in the refuge, the 33"
Three plans
"The mine here"
"Understood, doctor"
The director
Hope is born
The soul's beauty in the flesh
"We're ready, mate"
Like fighter pilots
The beginning of the end
Freedom bound
God in flesh and blood
Son of the desert.

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