Chilean Miners Rescue

Chilean Miners Movie On Its Way!

Posted 09.23.2011

Less than a year after their captivating struggle to survive, the 33 miners who spent 69 days trapped underground in Chile are going Hollywood. Pro...

A Moment With One of the Chilean Miners

Lu Parker | Posted 07.09.2011

Lu Parker

While attending the Wiesenthal Center's National Tribute Dinner, I was introduced to a man named Luis Urzua. You may not know the name, but you surely know his heroic story.

Johnny Barrios Rojas, Other Chile Miners' Private Lives Come To Light

AP | ANITA SNOW and MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 05.25.2011

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — One is a great-grandfather four times over, another a 19-year-old dad. A third – the oldest – is 63, and has ...

2010 In Photos: Moments Of The Year

Posted 05.25.2011

Between sporting events that captured the nations of the world, celebrations, climate change and natural disasters, new political movements, and perso...

Chilean Miner Rescue, Celebration Gives New Meaning To Old Prayers

Rabbi Elie Kaunfer | Posted 05.25.2011

Rabbi Elie Kaunfer

One of the many gifts the rescued Chilean miners presented us is a reminder that prayer, when viewed as poetry to be interpreted, can be as relevant and powerful today as the day it was written.

Comparing the Chilean Miners' Rescue to the BP Oil Spill

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

Danny Groner

"Watching the miraculous rescue of the Chilean miners, though, I was struck by the similarity with the efforts to cap BP's runaway Macondo well in the...

STAGGERING: Fox News Gets HUGE Numbers For Final Miner Rescue

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

Fox News saw a staggering 7 million viewers as the final miner was rescued in Chile Wednesday night. The network averaged 7.066 million total viewers...

Selling The Chilean Miners' Story

Crain's New York Business | Posted 05.25.2011

On Wednesday, New York editors were mulling a proposed book by Jonathan Franklin, who has been covering the rescue saga for the Guardian newspaper in ...

Jason Linkins

WSJ Credits 'Capitalism' For Saving The Miners, After It Endangered Them

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

It was only a matter of time before someone came along to revise "Footprints" in the matter of the rescued Chilean miners: "My precious child, when you saw yourself lifted out of the darkest hole of your life, 'twas Milton Friedman who carried you."

Chile Mine Rescue: Global Reactions (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

As the Chile mine rescue ordeal unfolded over roughly 36 hours, few around the world were able to tear their eyes away from their TV or computer scree...

Mistresses And Wives Clash Over Trapped Chilean Miners

Telegraph | Fiona Govan at the San Jose Mine | Posted 05.25.2011

Authorities at Camp Hope have had to deal with a rush of women coming forward claiming to be first in the Chilean miners' affections in order to recei...

PHOTOS: Chile Mine Rescue Efforts

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

Their day-to-day struggle for survival has captivated the world for more than two months. As each of the men trapped underground in Chile's San Jose M...

Chile Miners Rescue: LIVE Updates (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Craig Kanalley | Posted 05.25.2011

***LIVE BLOG BELOW*** Rescue efforts to bring 33 miners trapped underground to the surface have been successful, with the last of the miners being ...