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Just a few weeks after the well was capped, another tragedy, but this one would come with a happy ending. you know the story. august 5th, 33 chilean miners were plunged in to darkness trapping the men more than 2,000 feet below the surface of the earth. weeks passed as frantic rescue efforts were attempted and failed. but on august 22nd, a miracle. a 5 1/2 inch bore hole reached an emergency shelter room in the mine and when the drill bit you were ared to the surface, there was note attached, quote, we re all right in the shelter, the 33 of us. the 33 men would spend a record breaking 69 days below the earth before the world would witness their assent to freedom. which brings us to the number one story of 2010, a story that has no happy ending but one that ....
Horizon exploded killing 11 men and beginning what would come to be known as the worst environmental disaster in u.s. history. for three months oil gushed from that severed wellhead. while the precise damage will never be known, it is estimated that 205 million gallons of oil poured into the gulf. there was a terrible price to pay, burns offenses and boom, oil soaked plumes and wildlife, economic ramifications rocked this region. there s no one that wants this over more than i do. i d like my life back. even after the well was capped in july, the environmental damage still remains unknown. just a few weeks after the well was capped, another tragedy. but this one would come with a happy ending. you know the story. august 5th, 33 chilean miners were plunged into dust and ....
The economic ramifications rocked the region. there s no one who wants this thing over more than i do. i would love my life back. and even after the well was finally capped in mid july, the environmental damage still remains unknown. just a few weeks after the well was capped, another tragedy. but this one would come with a happy ending. you know the story. august 5th, 33 chilean miners were plunged into dusk and darkness. a mine and world chile collapsed trapping the men more than 2,000 feet below the earth. weeks passed as frantic efforts were attempted and failed. but on august 22nd a miracle. a 5 1/2 inch borehole reached the mine. and when the drill bit returned to the surface there was a note attached, quote, we are all right in the shelter, the 33 of us. the 33 men would spend a record-breaking 69 days below ....
Gallons of oil poured into the gulf. there was a terrible price to pay, burn-offs and boom, underwater pluming and oil-soaked wildlife. the economic ramifications rocked the region. there s no one who wants this things over more than i do. i said my life back. even after the well was finally capped in mid-july, the environmental damage still remains unknown. just a few weeks after the well was capped another tragedy, but this one would come with a happy ending. you know the store. august 5th, 33 chilean miners were plunged into dust and darkness, a mine, and world chile collapsed trapping them in more than 2,000 feet below the surface of the earth. weeks passed as frantic efforts were attempted and failed. on august 22nd, a miracle, a 5 1/2-inch boar hold reached an emergency room in the mine. when the drill bit returned to ....
Them. two so far were waiting for the third. this happened on august 5th, 33 miners trapped under there. they decided to eat lunch in the emergency shelter a good move because that landslide happened and trapped all of them below. but they happened to be in the right place. and that emergency shelter did give hope for survivor and you ve seen two miners lifted out today. and this has given us all put smiles on our faces. you can see the capsule just hit the ground, below ground. i should say. and a half mile below ground to pick up the third miner. you can see them walking around, someone walking up to the caps yu. and we ll see hopefully a third coming above ground. what do we say? 20 minutes now? should be about then. they have to put on a compression suit and a suit that will keep them warm because of the difference between near freezing on the surface and 90 degrees down ....