cover of episode Chilean Mine Collapse | The Breakthrough | 3

Chilean Mine Collapse | The Breakthrough | 3

2021/11/9
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The rescue effort at the San Jose mine is underway, with André Sugaret leading the charge. Despite challenges with drilling accuracy due to dense diorite, the team is determined to reach the trapped miners.

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Two weeks after the collapse of the San Jose mine in Chile, 33 trapped miners find themselves starving to death, doubting they’ll ever be rescued. Then, a glimmer of hope: Rescue workers drilling above finally reach the miners through a small borehole. It’s big enough to send down emergency supplies, but not big enough to pull the miners out. Now the question becomes: How much longer will the 33 men have to endure life 2,000 feet below the surface?

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