The Remarkable Chile Mine Rescue
How were the 33 men rescued from beneath?
4.4 (31)
58 mins
Discover the incredible story of the 33 Chilean miners who became trapped nearly half a mile underground after the San José Mine collapsed in 2010. Explore their 69 days trapped beneath the earth, the desperate efforts to locate them, and the extraordinary engineering operation that eventually brought every miner back to the surface.
Ep 1:
The Mountain Swallows 33 Men
On August 5th, 2010, a Chilean copper mine collapses, trapping 33 men half a mile underground with almost no food, water, or hope of rescue.
Ep 2:
A Society Built in Darkness
Deep in the Atacama, the trapped miners forge order and faith from chaos, while above ground families build Camp Hope and drills search blindly for 17 desperate days.
Ep 3:
Three Drills, One Desperate Race
Fed through narrow boreholes and racing against refeeding syndrome, engineers launch three competing drilling plans, battling broken equipment and shattered timelines to reach the miners before it's too late.
Ep 4:
22 Minutes to Freedom, A Lifetime After
As the world watches live, 33 men rise one by one into the light—only to discover that survival underground was just the beginning of a much longer struggle above.
Discussions (5)
River
Level 4 · 1 week ago33 men, 70 days, zero criminal charges. The mountain got punished more than the owners did.
Haven
Level 4 · 1 week agoThe part about them rationing one spoonful of tuna every 48 hours hit me hard. The fact that they still organized and kept structure instead of falling apart says everything about human will to survive
Remington
Level 7 · 1 week agoSo Yonni Barrios gets out and tabloids immediately ran a love triangle story on him?? That's actually insane.
