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[Volimar]

And CNN has a neat clickbaity article about some things you might not know.

A few snippets.

After days of searching for the miners turned up no signs of life, Chile's then-President Sebastian Piñera special ordered a cross to memorialize the men, just in case. "What if we don't find them? In 17 days, 20 days, one month, two months?," Piñera said in a recent interview with CNN's Rosa Flores. "What if we find them and they're all dead?"

Today, the large white cross welcomes visitors to the mine rescue site, marking where the miners believe God stood during their miraculous rescue.

A 5-inch wide hole became the miners' lifeline, a vessel for food, water and supplies. When the time came for the rescue, the miners were told to wear special elastic socks to help their cardiovascular systems. The only color available was pink. Dr. Andres Llarena recalls that the miners didn't want to wear them because of the color, and they asked whether they could get them in brown or black. "Wear them!" Llarena said sternly.

Dr. Jean Romanogli was one of the doctors on site overseeing the health and well-being of the miners. His job was to keep the men alive. His daunting task led to a promise written on his hard hat, "Nadie se queda abajo," or "No one stays under."

The miners came to know Romanogli very well through that 5-inch tube half-a-mile deep. He would load iPods with music for them, even accepting special music requests. He also recorded physical training videos, hoping the miners would lose weight and manage to fit inside the Phoenix rescue capsule. As the 33 men started emerging from deep underground, Romanogli asked them to sign their name on his hard hat.

More at link:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/03/world/chilean-miners-surprising-facts/index.html

Screw the click-baity CNN article. If you want to know more about the Chilean Miners and their ordeal and rescue then you should read this book:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374280606/?tag=neogaf0e-20

 

[samn]

You didn't link to it

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/03/world/chilean-miners-surprising-facts/

 

[Volimar]

You didn't link to it

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/03/world/chilean-miners-surprising-facts/

Whoops, my bad.

 

[Shuggananas]

Today, the large white cross welcomes visitors to the mine rescue site, marking where the miners believe God stood during their miraculous rescue.

Ugh. No, that was human beings saving your lives.

 

[Mesousa]

Ugh. No, that was human beings saving your lives.

Lol yeah I can't stand when christians do that "Gawd saved me" shit when it was people putting themselves on the line. Its a sickness.

 

[Branduil]

Ugh. No, that was human beings saving your lives.

Lol yeah I can't stand when christians do that "Gawd saved me" shit when it was people putting themselves on the line. Its a sickness.

Oh man, you guys sure showed those miners who were on the brink of death for almost two months. Tips fedora.

 

[Hip Hop]

Ugh. No, that was human beings saving your lives.

Lol yeah I can't stand when christians do that "Gawd saved me" shit when it was people putting themselves on the line. Its a sickness.

Never change, GAF.

 

[Shuggananas]

Oh man, you guys sure showed those miners who were on the brink of death for almost two months. Tips fedora.

Oh look the typical fedora calling
"it was god all along" mentality is pretty ungrateful to your saviors

 

[Volimar]

Oh look the typical fedora calling
"it was god all along" mentality is pretty ungrateful to your saviors

I don't know, they seemed pretty grateful to me. Can we get back on track and not turn a mine rescue story into religion bashing?

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I remember how one of the key guys in the rescue was from my uni. They brought him to a class to talk to us.

 

[marrec]

Screw the click-baity CNN article. If you want to know more about the Chilean Miners and their ordeal and rescue then you should read this book:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374280606/?tag=neogaf0e-20

 

[Branduil]

Oh look the typical fedora calling
"it was god all along" mentality is pretty ungrateful to your saviors

Their saviors are probably in a much better position to judge their gratefulness or lack thereof than some guy on the internet who knows nothing about them.

 

[Volimar]

Things like this really mess up my concept of the passage of time. I could have sworn this was only 2 years ago.

Screw the click-baity CNN article. If you want to know more about the Chilean Miners and their ordeal and rescue then you should read this book:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374280606/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Added to the OP.

 

[Broken Joystick]

Five years? What on earth, seems like yesterday I was reading and watching the 24/7 coverage.

 

[Hyperactivity]

Ugh. No, that was human beings saving your lives.

Clear message of the story right here guys.

The cross is the most important part, pay special attention to it

 

[Shuggananas]

Clear message of the story right here guys.

The cross is the most important part, pay special attention to it

Well OP did include a paragraph and a picture about it, so my bad for reading it
Whatever.

 

[IISANDERII]

How are the miners doing now? I remember a year after they were suffering from PTSD.

 

[soundahfekz]

Oh look the typical fedora calling
"it was god all along" mentality is pretty ungrateful to your saviors

People can be thankful for their rescuers and to their God at the same time.

doubling down on that fedora shit

 

[Kinyou]

They all looked pretty fly with their sunglasses after the rescue

 

[gdt]

I need to read some kind of long form article about this. Can't imagine not showering for 2 months. Where did they use the bathroom?

 

[zeemumu]

I don't know, they seemed pretty grateful to me. Can we get back on track and not turn a mine rescue story into religion bashing?

Too late.

Kinda makes it look like a memorial site rather than a rescue site though, doesn't it? Insane that it's been 5 years.