TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pino Toro,Manuel
TI  - Buried alive: the true story of the Chilean mining disaster and the extraordinary rescue at Camp Hope 
SN  - 9780230115156
AV  - TN 311 P657b 2011
U1  - 622/.34220983145 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - San José Mine Accident, Chile, 2010
KW  - Gold mines and mining
KW  - Accidents
KW  - Chile
KW  - Copiapó Region
KW  - Copper mines and mining
KW  - Mine rescue work
KW  - Survival
KW  - Gold miners
KW  - Biography
KW  - Copper miners
KW  - Trabajos de rescate en minas
KW  - Copiapó (Región, Chile)
KW  - 2010
KW  - Explosiones en las minas
KW  - Minas de oro
KW  - Accidentes en minas
KW  - Operaciones de búsqueda y rescate
KW  - Atacama (Desierto)
KW  - Crónicas
KW  - Copiapó Region (Chile)
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Operaciones de búsqueda y salvamento
N1  - Includes index
N2  - "On August 5, 2010, a tunnel in the gold and copper mine in the Atacama Desert in Chile collapsed, with all of its miners trapped underground. For days, the families waited breathlessly as percussion drills searched out signs of life. Finally, a note came back from below--the miners were alive and safe. Now the rescue crew needed to burrow through 2300 feet of solid rock to get them out. For nine weeks, the world watched as Chile threw all of its resources into the effort. Televisions flashed images of worried families holding vigil night and day and of Chile's newly elected President Pinera making their recovery his personal crusade.  What the cameras didn't reveal was the behind-the-scenes intrigue: the corruption that led to faulty construction of the tunnel in the first place; how the men lived in a muddy and humid environment where the temperature was unbearably hot; how the rescue effort became a political campaign to raise the president's sagging numbers; and the abundant hope necessary to sustain the men in their underground captivity. Author Manuel Pino takes us into his native Chile and, drawing on direct access to the miners and their families, weaves a rich narrative of extraordinary survival and triumph"--
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