chile miners

Chile Miners

For my blog post this week I’m choosing to write about the miners in Chile that were freed from the mine after staying 69 days trapped in a mine. There were 33 miners trapped down there but, now there are Chilean heroes.  Chile’s president explained that the larger companies have better safety standards then the smaller miner companies. He explained that this will never happen again. I feel that mining is such a dangerous job anyways shouldn’t all the standards be the same. Some of those men will face very serious problems after of the evernt,Yes they all may have been in good conduction but what may not be true two  years to come effects of mental effects, post-traumatic stress disorder or restless nights - may be felt for years to come. Someone wasn’t doing their job correctly that day and now so many men suffered because of this. This summer I went down in a mine in Colorado it wasn’t an active mine but it was 1000 feet below. It was dark, spooky, and damp. It was some place where I wouldn’t want to send the night and those men spent 69 days in one. I think it’s remarkable nobody died. These men are very brave and should be celebrated for their courage. Most people couldn’t survive in such harsh conditions I know I couldn’t. What about their family’s are there going to be taken care of if a mental illness condition pops up years later? I know the story is still unraveling but I feel these men should get some kind of benefit or something for being trapped in a mine for 69 days.