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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Pino Toro, Manuel.     Subjects     San José Mine Accident, Chile, 2010.     Gold mines and mining -- Accidents -- Chile -- Copiapó Region.     Copper mines and mining -- Accidents -- Chile -- Copiapó Region.     Mine rescue work -- Chile -- Copiapó Region.     Survival -- Chile -- Copiapó Region.     Gold miners -- Chile -- Copiapó Region -- Biography.     Copper miners -- Chile -- Copiapó Region -- Biography.     Copiapó Region (Chile) -- History -- 21st century.     Copiapó Region (Chile) -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Pino Toro, Manuel.       by title:      Buried alive : the t...         MARC Display

Buried alive : the true story of the Chilean mining disaster and the extraordinary rescue at Camp Hope / Manuel Pino Toro ; foreword by Natalie Morales. by Pino Toro, Manuel. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. Subjects San José Mine Accident, Chile, 2010.   Gold mines and mining -- Accidents -- Chile -- Copiapó Region.   Copper mines and mining -- Accidents -- Chile -- Copiapó Region.   Mine rescue work -- Chile -- Copiapó Region.   Survival -- Chile -- Copiapó Region.   Gold miners -- Chile -- Copiapó Region -- Biography.   Copper miners -- Chile -- Copiapó Region -- Biography.   Copiapó Region (Chile) -- History -- 21st century.   Copiapó Region (Chile) -- Biography. ISBN:  9780230115156 0230115152 Description:  x, 222 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Edition:  1st ed. Contents:  The ill-fated shift -- Reckless acts -- Men cry, too -- Anguish versus laughter -- "We are okay in the refuge, the 33" -- Three plans -- "The mine here" -- "Understood, doctor" -- The director -- Hope is born -- The soul's beauty in the flesh -- "We're ready, mate" -- Like fighter pilots -- The beginning of the end -- Freedom bound -- God in flesh and blood -- Son of the desert. Requests:  0 Summary:  "On August 5, 2010, a tunnel in the gold and copper mine in the Atacama Desert in Chile collapsed, with all of its miners trapped underground. For days, the families waited breathlessly as percussion drills searched out signs of life. Finally, a note came back from below--the miners were alive and safe. Now the rescue crew needed to burrow through 2300 feet of solid rock to get them out. For nine weeks, the world watched as Chile threw all of its resources into the effort. Televisions flashed images of worried families holding vigil night and day and of Chile's newly elected President Pinera making their recovery his personal crusade. What the cameras didn't reveal was the behind-the-scenes intrigue: the corruption that led to faulty construction of the tunnel in the first place; how the men lived in a muddy and humid environment where the temperature was unbearably hot; how the rescue effort became a political campaign to raise the president's sagging numbers; and the abundant hope necessary to sustain the men in their underground captivity. Author Manuel Pino takes us into his native Chile and, drawing on direct access to the miners and their families, weaves a rich narrative of extraordinary survival and triumph"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 622.3422 Pi Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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