copiap? region (chile)

Relates the experiences of the thirty-three men who endured entrapment beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking sixty-nine days during the San Jose mine collapse outside of Copiapo, Chile, in August 2010.

Chronicles the 2010 San Jos? Mine Accident, in which thirty-three miners became trapped for weeks in a mine in Chile's Atacama Desert. Discusses how these men survived their ordeal and spotlights the international response to these men's plight. Includes black-and-white photographs.