karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Oct 12, 2010 10:46pm
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?
Tiger2003
Posts: 15,421
Oct 12, 2010 10:58pm
Yes I am watching....but its another 14 minutes until the first guy is out!
THE4RINGZ
Posts: 16,816
Oct 12, 2010 11:02pm
Wow. Just tuned in. Amazing.
chicago510
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Oct 12, 2010 11:04pm
Cannot imagine 69 days trapped inside of a mine. Unfathomable.
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Oct 12, 2010 11:06pm
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.
THE4RINGZ
Posts: 16,816
Oct 12, 2010 11:09pm
I would need to lose more than 30 pounds just to fit into that rescue pod.
KR1245
Posts: 4,317
Oct 12, 2010 11:11pm
Tuned in a few minutes ago.........pretty damn cool
first one is out
first one is out
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Oct 12, 2010 11:11pm
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.
karen lotz
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Oct 12, 2010 11:12pm
Actually its one up, 32 to go.
THE4RINGZ
Posts: 16,816
Oct 12, 2010 11:15pm
He looks surprisingly healthy.
chicago510
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Oct 12, 2010 11:16pm
THE4RINGZ;517963 wrote:He looks surprisingly healthy.
He was the healthiest of the 33. Don't know why they went healthiest first.
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Oct 12, 2010 11:21pm
So they are sending another rescuer down? How many more will they send down there?
THE4RINGZ
Posts: 16,816
Oct 12, 2010 11:34pm
We were just discussing this. Seems bizarrekaren lotz;517968 wrote:So they are sending another rescuer down? How many more will they send down there?
UA5straightin2008
Posts: 3,246
Oct 12, 2010 11:40pm
how did they survive for that long?
Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Oct 12, 2010 11:42pm
This is insane
ClayAikenation
Posts: 89
Oct 12, 2010 11:45pm
Well...the last time that many boys got stuck in a deep crevasse... Well, let's just say it turned out muddy...
redfalcon
Posts: 1,088
Oct 12, 2010 11:45pm
This is incredible.
Laley23
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Oct 12, 2010 11:54pm
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.
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Oct 12, 2010 11:56pm
...this is amazing btw.
ts1227
Posts: 12,319
Oct 12, 2010 11:58pm
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.
osu45804
Posts: 6,188
Oct 12, 2010 11:59pm
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.
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Oct 13, 2010 12:11am
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.
osu45804
Posts: 6,188
Oct 13, 2010 12:13am
Second miner is out .... Reportedly it could take almost 2 days to get all of these men out
dwccrew
Posts: 7,817
Oct 13, 2010 12:27am
Watching it now. Hopefully all of them get out safely and swiftly.
Tiger2003
Posts: 15,421
Oct 13, 2010 1:09am
Miner #3 is up!!