company could help. so he designed a rescue that could come to be known as plan b. his employees worked around the clock to manufacture the necessary drilling equipment. brandon left for chile. along with others, he began drilling a 2,000 foot hole into the ground, working three or four days at a time without sleep. 37 days later, plan b succeeded. and the miners were rescued. [ applause ] >> the president: because he didn't want all the attention, brandon wasn't there when the miners emerged. he had already gone back home. back to work on his next project. later, one of his employees said of the rescue, we proved that center rock is a little