Mission Accomplished Chile: All 33 Miners Have Been Rescued

You’re looking at the happy face of Luis Urzua, the last of the 33 Chilean miners to be rescued. As he stepped out of the rescue capsule he was greeted with a sign proclaiming “Mission Accomplished Chile” and applause. [CNN]

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    Viddy

    Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 1:38 PM

    …and hopefully the 3 extra help workers they sent down to assist the recovery are back up too!

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    Carter

    Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 2:21 PM

    This is good news and all but what’s it got to do with Technology? Are we going to see more general news from here?

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      Matt L

      Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 2:43 PM

      The capsule which bought them back to the surface would probably be classed as technology…. Looking at it seemed a bit primitive tho…

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        Rod

        Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 3:36 PM

        Definitely a case of function over form. But hey, at times like this… if it works, it works!

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    Tim

    Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 2:32 PM

    22 million infants are not protected from diseases by routine immunization, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty. And they die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world…….. but thank christ the miners are all safe and sound!

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      Paul S

      Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 5:46 PM

      You’re right Tim, it sucks that they got all the Miners out safely. The families should all stop wasting time worrying about their husbands and fathers and start giving money to WorldVision.

      Honestly dude, it might be a small victory, but it’s no less significant to those who care.

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    Matt

    Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 11:36 PM

    Anyone else receive an email with the subject “FW: Amazing photo as first Chilean Miner walks out” followed by a screenshot of zoolander during his black lung phase?

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