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<p>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&nbsp;percussion drills&nbsp;searched out&nbsp;signs of life.&nbsp;Finally, a note came back from&nbsp;below-the miners were alive and safe. Now the rescue crew needed to burrow through 2300 feet of solid rock to get them out.&nbsp;For nine weeks, the world watched as&nbsp;Chile threw all of its resources into the effort. Televisions flashed images of&nbsp;worried families holding vigil night and day and of Chile's newly elected President Pinera making their recovery his personal crusade. &nbsp;What the cameras didn't reveal was the behind-the-scenes intrigue: the corruption that led to&nbsp;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 presidentâs sagging numbers; and the abundant hope necessary to sustain the men in their underground captivity.&nbsp;Author Manuel Pino takes us into his native Chile and, drawing on direct access to

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Author

Pino Toro, Manuel

Publisher

St. Martin's Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780230115156

Category

history

Subjects

Engineering, Technology, History

Rating

4.1 / 5 (11 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14