The guys girl friend was there his wife wasn't to meet him as he came up.

RW - great to see you back.

I am totally impressed with the whole process.  It really seems that they thought of every possible scenario and planned extremely well.  Very impressive rescue.

I wonder if the United States could have did that.

C&P from a Guzzi forum


Mike The Bike wrote:
Miner 21 might want to stay below...

Next is Yonni Barrios Rojas, who could be forgiven for having mixed feelings about his emergence.It's Barrios who has both a wife and girlfriend waiting for him above
ground. They learned that each other existed when both turned up... claiming compensation because he was trapped in the mine. Wife and girlfriend almost came to blows some weeks ago.


Now comes the reply to the above post.

That was the official tv version. His cousin lives here in norway and gave a different slant on the news today. Seems Yonnien and the wife have been separated for many years. Yonni and the 'girlfriend' have been living together for many years and are the actual couple in the story. The ex-wife seems to have smelled compensation money and turned up out of the blue.
Probably some catholic church deal about not recognizing divorce in there somewhere.

Puts a different spin on it, doesn't it?

bill67 wrote on 10/13/10 at 18:33:54:


Americans could have done it and did play a major part of the rescue.
A PA company supplied the drill bit and the driller was from Denver CO.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703673604575550322091167574.htm...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gNlIZNP_SZLrEIJSmfdFLwXoVRX...

Bill is right,

The rescue was almost 100% US-born technology and expertise.

- The T-130 drill rig was made by Schramm, Inc. in West Chester, PA.
- The low-perfil hammers that actually drilled the initial hole and then expanded it into a 28" wide shaft were made by Center Rock, Inc. in Somerset, PA. This company was also involved in the Queecreek rescue a few years ago.
- The driller who was at the controls when the hammer broke through into the area where the miners were was born in Colorado.

Even the rescue capsule design was influenced by the US design used at Quecreek.

RW

It showed me that in emergencies, people come together to do whatever they can to help their fellow men.
They put any and all differences aside to do so.
I was amazed myself at this rescue.
To all that contributed to a wonderful ending to what could have been a tragedy, Thank You.. Many many hugs to you all.. Kim

the President of Chile was wise to accept the best help from all over the globe.