mine rescue work

"This title introduces readers to the skills and technology that came together to save the 33 Chilean miners trapped in the San Jose Mine on August 5, 2010"--Provided bypublisher.

"Being trapped in a cave or mine is terrifying. It can be cold, wet, and completely dark. Even worse, you don't know if anyone will ever find you. Read the true stories of Jessica McClure, Randal McCloy, the 33 Chilean miners, and others to discover how they survived being trapped far below the earth's surface"--Provided by publisher.

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.

Provides a detailed account of rescue efforts to save thirty-three miners, who got trapped in a copper-gold mine in San Jose, Chile, examining the psychological, physical, and environmental factors influencing the course of the rescue, and describing the efforts of experts from around the world--drillers, astronauts, submarine specialists, and others--came together in response to the crisis.

On the morning of August 5, 2010, thirty-three men gathered at the entrance to the San Jose copper mine outside Copiapo, Chili for a twelve-hour shift. When a giant section of the mine collapsed, thirty-three men headed for the safety shelter---a 540-square-foot room stocked with enough food and liquid to last a group of ten men forty-eight hours. For the next seventeen days engineers drilled to get to the safety shelter to see if anyone had survived. But this was only the beginning and for a total of sixty-nine days all thirty-three men lived inside the shelter as rescuers fought to find a way to free them and bring them to the surface.

Details the rescue of thirty-three miners in a mine in the Atacama Desert in Chile, describing how they were trapped, how they survived, the plans to save them, and more.

Relates the experiences of thirty-three Chilean miners who were trapped two thousand feet below the surface of the earth in August 2010.