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The 33 - The Ultimate Account of the Chilean Miners' Dramatic Rescue - Franklin, Jonathan

The 33 - The Ultimate Account of the Chilean Miners' Dramatic Rescue

Author
Franklin, Jonathan
Price
NZ$24.00
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On 12 October 2010, the world's attention was fixed on a remote copper mine in the Atacama desert in Chile. Final preparations were underway for a daring rescue to bring to an end the longest underground entrapment in human history. 69 days earlier, 33 miners were midway through a routine shift, deep in the San José mine. They stopped for lunch at the tiny safety shelter 688 metres below the surface. Ten minutes later they heard an almighty crack and a deep rumbling sound. Clouds of dust and debris poured down on the choking men. The bombardment lasted for five hours. When it finall cleared, the men discovered they were trapped under tonnes of collapsed rock. 17 days after the collapse, a drill finally reached them. They send a note back to the surface: `We are all right inside the shelter, the 33 of us.'...

Format
Second hand Trade Paperback
ISBN
9780593067727
Catalog
SKU
43342

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