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33 men : inside the miraculous survival and dramatic rescue of the Chilean miners / Jonathan Franklin.
This is the account of the 2010 San Jose mine rescue in Chile, after one of the longest human entrapments in history. With his coveted "rescue pass," the author was permitted access far past the police perimeter. It would be seventeen long days before the miners were discovered alive and the world press descended. It would be another fifty-two days before the miners were all successfully rescued. For eight weeks, the author conducted interviews with families, rescue workers, the mine psychologist, drill operators, scientists, and the architects of the rescue operation.And when the first miners were rescued on October 13, he had the first media contact with the recently freed men in a series of interviews from inside the field hospital. Based on more than 110 interviews with the miners, their families, and the rescue team, this account combines an eye for detail and dialogue with the remarkable human interest story of these miners struggling to survive in a savage environment.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780399157776 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 0399157778 (hbk.)
- Physical Description: 307 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2011.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Buried alive -- A desperate search -- Stuck in hell -- Speed vs. precision -- 17 days of silence -- A bonanza at the bottom of the mine -- Crawling back to life -- The marathon -- TV reality -- Finish line in sight -- The final days -- The final preparation -- The rescue -- First days of freedom -- Epilogue: the triumph of hope. |
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