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Oct 12, 2010 10:46 PM
The rescue capsule they will use to get the miners out just reached where everyone was trapped for the first time. CNN is showing the rescue live and there is a camera inside the mine. Unbelievable how they do this. Anyone else watching?
Oct 12, 2010 10:46pm
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Oct 12, 2010 10:58 PM
Yes I am watching....but its another 14 minutes until the first guy is out!
Oct 12, 2010 10:58pm
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Oct 12, 2010 11:02 PM
Wow. Just tuned in. Amazing.
Oct 12, 2010 11:02pm
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Oct 12, 2010 11:04 PM
Cannot imagine 69 days trapped inside of a mine. Unfathomable.
Oct 12, 2010 11:04pm
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karen lotz

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Oct 12, 2010 11:06 PM
They said earlier that some of the miners reported losing more than 30 pounds while they were down there. Its between 80 and 90 degrees at the spot they are at.
Oct 12, 2010 11:06pm
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Oct 12, 2010 11:09 PM
I would need to lose more than 30 pounds just to fit into that rescue pod.
Oct 12, 2010 11:09pm
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Oct 12, 2010 11:11 PM
Tuned in a few minutes ago.........pretty damn cool


first one is out
Oct 12, 2010 11:11pm
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karen lotz

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Oct 12, 2010 11:11 PM
THE4RINGZ;517951 wrote:I would need to lose more than 30 pounds just to fit into that rescue pod.

lol. One down, 32 to go.
Oct 12, 2010 11:11pm
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Oct 12, 2010 11:12 PM
Actually its one up, 32 to go.
Oct 12, 2010 11:12pm
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Oct 12, 2010 11:15 PM
He looks surprisingly healthy.
Oct 12, 2010 11:15pm
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Oct 12, 2010 11:16 PM
THE4RINGZ;517963 wrote:He looks surprisingly healthy.

He was the healthiest of the 33. Don't know why they went healthiest first.
Oct 12, 2010 11:16pm
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Oct 12, 2010 11:21 PM
So they are sending another rescuer down? How many more will they send down there?
Oct 12, 2010 11:21pm
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Oct 12, 2010 11:34 PM
karen lotz;517968 wrote:So they are sending another rescuer down? How many more will they send down there?
We were just discussing this. Seems bizarre
Oct 12, 2010 11:34pm
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Oct 12, 2010 11:40 PM
how did they survive for that long?
Oct 12, 2010 11:40pm
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Oct 12, 2010 11:42 PM
This is insane
Oct 12, 2010 11:42pm
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Oct 12, 2010 11:45 PM
Well...the last time that many boys got stuck in a deep crevasse... Well, let's just say it turned out muddy...
Oct 12, 2010 11:45pm
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Oct 12, 2010 11:45 PM
This is incredible.
Oct 12, 2010 11:45pm
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Oct 12, 2010 11:54 PM
UA5straightin2008;517980 wrote:how did they survive for that long?

They have been able to get them food and water etc. But havent been able to get them out until now.
Oct 12, 2010 11:54pm
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Oct 12, 2010 11:56 PM
...this is amazing btw.
Oct 12, 2010 11:56pm
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Oct 12, 2010 11:58 PM
UA5straightin2008;517980 wrote:how did they survive for that long?

They had drilled a narrow tube a while back that was able to send food/water down regularly, as well as notes and stuff from relatives.
I'm not sure exactly how the air quality held out as long as it did, they may have dome something there too.
Oct 12, 2010 11:58pm
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Oct 12, 2010 11:59 PM
I thought I heard they took the healthiest one out first since there was such a dramatic temperature change from the hole to the surface, that they wanted to see how the miners would react.
Oct 12, 2010 11:59pm
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Oct 13, 2010 12:11 AM
One of the guys they had on said they weren't sure the capsule would be able to get to the surface with a human in it. Crazy to think of what we could have witnessed on live tv if something had gone wrong. These guys seem to be in really good shape.
Oct 13, 2010 12:11am
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Oct 13, 2010 12:13 AM
Second miner is out .... Reportedly it could take almost 2 days to get all of these men out
Oct 13, 2010 12:13am
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Oct 13, 2010 12:27 AM
Watching it now. Hopefully all of them get out safely and swiftly.
Oct 13, 2010 12:27am
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Oct 13, 2010 1:09 AM
Miner #3 is up!!
Oct 13, 2010 1:09am