After 10 weeks (69) days) of gruelling, and endurance, the persistent Chilean rescuers sent the miner shaft into the tunnel half mile deep (2000ft. deep) underground(30 degree C) to bring home safely 33 Chilean miners up the ground, one at a time, while relatives and friends held wake vigil and prayers throughout 10 weeks of waiting and determination of not giving up hope on rescuing them. Like other people as well, I followed the news and prayed for their safety. The world watched closely the rescue like the recent football World Cup.
"Pure Chile, is your blue sky; Pure breezes cross you as well".....The National Anthem vibrated over and over again on top of the mine with Apt words indeed for Chile. Mission accomplished, Chile.
The rescuers and miners hogged the world headlines with offers of TV shows, mining companies offering one week stay in Greece,etc. Soccer teams offered free soccer shows in England and Spain, and press and show interviews with offers of jobs, etc.
After the 5 August, 2010 San Jose gold and copper mine partially collapsed in Northern Chile, (several hundred to thousand tons of rock), how could people survive? They relied on ten tins of tuna and water they had, which later tasted like oil. With the generosity of the billionaire Pres. Sebastian Pinera of Chile, he marshaled quickly the expertise throughout the world for the rescue operation, geologists, miners, drillers,Nasa, big companies, engineers, etc.Food and water were supplied by US Nasa, which were lowered to the miners half mile deep underground.
The result was an engineering feat that hypnotized the world as engineers located the miners with a drill hole about as wide as a grapefruit, enabling them to send down food and water to keep them alive.
Leaders who fumble crises like these often pay a high political price. Then U.S. President George W. Bush was accused of a sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina, which pushed his approval rating down by more than 10 points after the disaster.
U.S. President Barack Obama's ratings sank by seven points for what some saw as his failure to act decisively after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. And in Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari's decision to continue with a planned trip to Europe in spite of the monsoons that left millions of people homeless prompted vicious criticism at home.
Pinera fired the government's chief mining regulator, moved to strengthen safety laws and increased regulation of Chile's coal mines in the south to the mineral-rich Atacama desert in the north, where the ill-fated San Jose gold and copper mine is located.
I related to some friends the remarkable event with choking emotion of gladness and tears of joy of the brave Chileans of never giving up hope....I remembered Sir Winston Churchill"s famous shortest speech to University students: "Never, never, never give up!" (Five words only!) All of the miners were rescued safely in good health. How did they survive , with food provided by US Nasa lowering down the tunnel, and how they breathed in enclosed space with daily toiletry....was hard to imagine.
But God delivered them safely through their deep faith ,prayers, fasting of relatives and the world outside. One miner saw a white butterfly and followed its direction, as if an angel was guiding him. Another miner saw God and the devil. In the end, God extended his hand to him and he had no doubt about being rescued. Surely, God had heard their prayers with delight for deliverance!Thank Thee, and praise Thee, Jesus, for thy mercy and deliverance. "
"This is my story ...this is my song, PRAISING MY SAVIOR ALL THE DAY LONG!"
THIS WRITE-UP WAS MEANT TO REMEMBER THY LOVING KINDNESS, COMPASSION AND MUNIFICENCE WITH THE DIVINE MERCY IMAGE OF JESUS CHRIST IN FRONT OF ME. EVEN MY PROBLEM OF SORROW AND OTHERS VAPORATED FROM MY MIND AND WERE OF LESS SIGNIFICANCE!
WHAT WERE THEY?---I FORGOT!
I FELT THE PEACE AND JOY OF CHRIST'S lOVE AND COMPASSION RIGHT NOW!!!
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