the temperature in the mine was like a furnace, over 100 degrees. but the men would drink from the large supply of industrial water, stored to cool the drilling equipment. the water was wet, but far from clean. they also removed batteries and headlights from their vehicles to rig up makeshift lighting. translator: we got organized from the first day. we were an amazing team. we were workers. there were no professionals down there, only workers. on the third day, a further collapse made any rescue via the main tunnel impossible. the chilean minister for mines was on site and reported the bad news to the families.
but brandon thought his company could help. so he designed a rescue that would come to be known as plan b. his employees worked around the clock to manufacture the necessary drilling equipment, and 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 any sleep. 37 days later, plan b succeeded, and the miners were rescued. [ applause ] but 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. and later, one of his employees said of the rescue, we proved
drilling equipment used to free the trapped miners and just returned to the states yesterday. also tom foy joins us a survivor of the creek mine flood of 2002. both work for center rock, inc. guys welcome and thanks for being with us. thanks for having us, you are a great american. sean: you are a great american my friend. by the way, both of you guys are. first of all, i don t think we give miners enough credit for the hard work they do, those that are in the coal mines the difficulties, the risks they face. can you explain your role in helping this? i know you got back yesterday. we brought new technology down that basically affected an early evacuation of the miners. when we first heard about this and then 17 days later they found the miners and they were alive and estimates were getting them out by christmas.
drilling equipment used to free the trapped miners and just returned to the states yesterday. also tom foy joins us a survivor of the creek mine flood of 2002. both work for center rock, inc. guys welcome and thanks for being with us. thanks for having us, you are a great american. sean: you are a great american my friend. by the way, both of you guys are. first of all, i don t think we give miners enough credit for the hard work they do, those that are in the coal mines the difficulties, the risks they face. can you explain your role in helping this? i know you got back yesterday. we brought new technology down that basically affected an early evacuation of the miners. when we first heard about this and then 17 days later they found the miners and they were alive and estimates were getting them out by christmas.
executed this heroic rescue are now reaching the surface as well. for more we go to richard in chile helping to operate the drilling equipment used to free the trapped miners and just returned to the states yesterday. also tom foy joins us a survivor of the creek mine flood of 2002. both work for center rock, inc. guys welcome and thanks for being with us. thanks for having us, you are a great american. sean: you are a great american my friend. by the way, both of you guys are. first of all, i don t think we give miners enough credit for the hard work they do, those that are in the coal mines the difficulties, the risks they face. can you explain your role in helping this? i know you got back yesterday. we brought new technology down that basically affected an early evacuation of the miners. when we first heard about this