One Year Later, A Look Back at the Chilean Miners

The Takeaway

This time last year, 33 miners who had been trapped underground for 68 days in Chile were finally rescued. People in Chile and around the world watched as their rescue played out on televisions, radio and the internet. The whole event raised many questions, about what it means to be Chilean, what it’s like to be trapped in a mine, and where the miners would go from here.

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