[QUOTE="Lastemperor28"]People need to remember it was around 90 degrees with extreme humidity. Not to mention the smell of sweat, urine, crap and other stuff form 33 other miners in such a confined space. And during their first 17 days, they went by with a sip of milk and a bite from a tuna can every 24 hours, almost certain that they would die in there. Hell, I would be lying if I said I could survive for a day.BluRayHiDef
Why has it taken so many days to get them out? I just don't get it. Was there a period of time before anyone found out they were trapped down there?
They knew they were down there, but they were almost half a mile underground and where they were exactly was pretty much unknown during the first 17 days. Almost any technology today needs DAYs to just get to that depth, and even that is a small hole a few inches wide (which they used to send in food and water). Not to mention the fact that trying to locate exactly where the miners are is close to impossible from the surface.And when you're talking about drilling a hole big enough to fit a human through, you're talking about weeks of constant drilling. It's a slow process, and need to be taken on carefully, or risk another collapse that would jeopardize the whole operation.
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