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Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert

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The amazing story of the trapped Chilean miners and their unbelievable rescue that Publishers Weekly calls “a riveting, in-depth recounting of the events that held the world rapt.”

In early August 2010, the unthinkable happened when a mine collapsed in Copiano, Chile, trapping 33 miners 2,000 feet below the surface. For sixty-nine days they lived on meager resources with increasingly more poor air quality. When they were in the end rescued, the world watched with rapt attention and rejoiced within the amazing spirit and determination of the miners. What can have been a terrible tragedy became an awesome story of survival.
     In Trapped, Marc Aronson provides the backstory in the back of the rescue. By tracing the psychological, physical, and environmental factors surrounding the mission, Aronson highlights the amazing technology and helping hands that made it all imaginable. From the Argentinean soccer players that hoped to raise morale, to NASA volunteering their expertise to get a hold of a plan, there was once no shortage of enterprising spirit when it came to saving lives. Readers will especially appreciate the eight pages of full-color photos, timeline, glossary, notes, and more.

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