Chilean Mine Collapse | The Phoenix | 4
Against The Odds
Wondery
4.7 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2021
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
After sixty-nine days trapped underground, finally the drilling operations team has created a bore hole large enough to extract the 33 miners. But this will be the first operation of its kind. Will the 2,200 foot tunnel and extraction pod maintain its integrity amidst dynamite blasts and continually crumbling stone? On the surface, thousands of bystanders wait to see if everyone of The 33 will reach the surface alive.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Prime members, you can listen to Against the Odds at Free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. |
| 0:07.0 | This episode of Against the Odds contains explicit language. Please be advised. |
| 0:22.2 | Deep in the collapsed San Jose mine, |
| 0:24.9 | shift supervisor Luis Ursua arrives at the new medical station. |
| 0:29.9 | He wants to see how the miner they've appointed nurse is doing with his patients. |
| 0:34.9 | What he sees nearly makes him gag. |
| 0:38.9 | A circle of shirtless miners with sores festering across their backs. |
| 0:43.9 | In the damped humid mine, a flesh eating fungus has begun growing on the walls and ceilings. |
| 0:49.9 | It rains down on the miners, covering their clothes and skin. |
| 0:55.9 | Ursua pulls the nurse to the side to discuss the men's condition. |
| 0:59.9 | How fast is it spreading? |
| 1:01.9 | Different men have different rates. They've sent me down an antifungal cream to treat it, |
| 1:07.9 | but these men have it so bad that the cream's not doing much. |
| 1:11.9 | I worry these sores, am I getting infected? |
| 1:14.9 | Ursua nods. |
| 1:16.9 | Okay, keep these men here so they can heal. I'll rotate them off the work detail. |
| 1:21.9 | Until then, though, ask the doctors on the surface if they end up ahead. |
| 1:25.9 | We have our nursing station. |
| 1:27.9 | Ursua turns and sees Mario Sepulveda strut around the corner. |
| 1:32.9 | His arms outstretched like an amusement park tour guide. |
| 1:35.9 | He's followed by Ursua's second in command, Florentio Avalos, |
| 1:39.9 | who's operating a video camera sent down by the Chilean government. |
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