This is obvious because they are only reporting on the negative half of the story, and then stuff their crap full of plugs for advertisers trying to market to idiot consumers in a constant depression, who need to know that someone is worse off then them. A story worth hearing about would be how the country learned from its mistakes and changed its code to prevent this from happening again. You'll never hear about it though because when it comes down to it, they don't care enough about themselves to do something about it. Plus it doesn't sell since the majority are depressed idiots anyways. Why else would all these anti-depressant drugs be so successful?

If you say they don't have enough money to help themselves consider that safety policy is simply words typed on paper.

I care like millions of people did. And nothing wrong with the chileans flags everywhere. If this happened in America, I can assure you that would have been big news too. And the Presidents there for the photo op? Well...everyone likes attention...just like you Tom.

I thought it was a compelling story: Their situation, how they pulled together,
especially during the first 17 days when they didn't know if anyone would ever find
them. That would have driven most people nuts, including me. The way all of them
took on diferent areas of concern to keep sanity going and life, itself. And how they
were finally rescued. The whole process was very interesting and I'm sure a movie
starring George Clooney, Javier Bardem, Brad Pitt and the usual suspects is already
in the works.

The non stop coverage of the rescue was a tad over the top, however. I am a FOX
watcher and they covered it all for two days. I'm still recovering from having to miss
two installments of "Red Eye". I was interested in the story but they did lay it on with a
trowel, especially our beloved Geraldo Rivera, as only he can.

I'm sure, even now, Gloria Allred is feverishly trying to get with one of the wives or
mistresses to represent her in the slew of lawsuits which are, no doubt in the works.

Cat Jagger Pollon
Los Angeles

I guess I watched it because it's uplifting news in a world full of bad news. Tom's right that the usual DFHO (dog-fuckers & hangers-on) congregated to make the most of a free photo-op. The orthodontically correct president of Chile looked like a nice guy but he really overdid it a bit didn't he? And judging by the hordes of other decidedly clean-hand people (i.e. the ones who didn't actually *do* anything to get the miners above ground) he had lots of company.The only missing publicity-grasper was Al Gore. Perhaps he got wedged in the car door at the airport and missed his flight.

A lot of people like me who tuned in wanted to know the technical details of how to pull off a risky operation that far underground. That's a *long* way down and the details of the winch and cage that I could see looked surprisingly simple. There were some spring-loaded wheels on the sides of the cylindrical cage to keep it centred in the shaft but that was all I could see that looked inventive. I wanted to know if they had any plan for recovery should the cage get stuck half-way down or up. And could they run another cable down if the existing one had problems? Lots of interesting stuff we'll never know by watching mainstream media.

We care because we're humans. We have families. We have children. We care because each of us worries about a day we may not return home to hug our sons and daughters. Each of these men had one of those days. But thanks to human ingenuity, perseverance, and commitment, they have been given a second chance.

Quit being a fuddy-duddy. Maybe try smiling. Honestly, you act as though you are the one trapped helplessly in a hole.

So if you're not interested, don't watch it. What's it to you if others do? Mine safety pretty much sucks all over the place, including in America. No one does these jobs because they have a lot of options... let's face that.