Chilean Miners Rescue Brings World Together

Florencio Avalos first Chilean Miner up

The amazing story of the Chilean Miners Rescue is bringing the World together. The plan called Operation San Lorenzo is going very well, and three of the 33 Chilean Miners have been brought to the surface without mishap.

It's the first time in the World's history that a group of people have been rescued from so far beneath the Earth after stating down there for so long - between 38 and 39 days depending on how you measure it.

The first miner, 31-year old Florencio Avalos, came up because he was the healthiest of the group of 33. Mr. Avalos hugged and shook hands with the President of Chile and then was reunited with his family before going into a kind of debriefing process.

The second miner, Mario Sepulveda, came up, hugged his wife, then hugged the President of Chile at least three times, then the other staff around him, and in a frenzy of emotion, then went out to hug the drill workers who helped on the Operation San Lorenzo project. It seemed like he hugged everyone there.

The third miner, Juan IIlanes Palmas, is about to be raised in a capsule that's 28-inches in diameter as this is written. Now, there are 30 miners and at the rate this is going, all should be rescued by Wednesday morning in the United States.

Twitter Impact Not Dramatic, Yet

As of now at 9:56 PDT, "BET Hip Hop Awards" is the top trending topic on Twitter, with "Miner" at the bottom. That perhaps reflects the younger demographic that's less in tune with World Events, but also the fact that not every television network is covering this. In fact, it looks like CNN's the only one to do so. That means this is a ratings coup for CNN, which with its CNN International Division, can cover the Chilean Miners Rescue well into the next day.

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