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Edison Pena, Freed Chilean Miner, to Run in New York City Marathon

Edison Pena, the Chilean miner who became known as "The Runner" for his daily workouts while trapped, will be running in this year's New York City Marathon. While stuck underground with 32 others for 69 days as part of the Copiapó mining accident, Pena would jog underground in the unblocked tunnels, sometimes for up to...

How Public-Private Alliances Made the Chilean Miracle

(Oct. 22) -- The rescue of Chilean miners trapped half a mile below the earth's surface was nothing short of a miracle. But that miracle didn't happen by accident. It was made possible by the insight of the Chilean government, which recognized that saving these 33 lives would require the specialized expertise of private...

Chilean Miners Go From World Fame to Humble Homes

COPIAPO, Chile (Oct. 17) -- Carlos Bugueno is out of the collapsed mine but still lives in close quarters, sharing his small wood-and-tin house with 16 relatives. His family welcomed him home by lining the street with white plastic bags filled with air - they had no money for balloons. Despite donations and the promise of...

Straight-Talking Engineer Behind Chile Mine Rescue

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile (Oct. 15) -- Three days after 33 men were sealed deep within a gold mine, Andre Sougarret was summoned by Chile's president. The Chilean leader got right to the point: The square-jawed, straight-talking engineer would be in charge of digging them out. At first Sougarret worried - no one knew if the...

Happy, Exhausted Miners Face New Challenges

(Oct. 14) -- As the 33 Chilean miners rescued this week reunite with loved ones and gulp fresh air for the first time in 69 days, attention is turning to how these lucky survivors will handle their new status as folk heroes. There's also the question of what will happen to Camp Hope, the cluster of tents in the Atacama...

Background on chile miners

The 2010 Copiapó mining accident, also known as the "Chilean mining accident", began in the afternoon of Thursday, 5 August 2010 as a significant cave-in at the troubled 121-year-old San José copper–gold mine.

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