Today's blog isn't about HR but it is about people. As I left a breakfast meeting yesterday I heard that three of the miners at the San Jose mine in Chile had been successfully rescued, after what I can only begin to imagine must have been a hellish 69 days trapped under ground. When I went to bed last night 22 of the 33 miners had been brought to the surface. This morning, they are all out and have been reunited with loved ones.
Like so many people, I have been touched by these events which unfolded on the other side of the world. I can only begin to speculate on what these men have experienced. I wonder how the oldest and the youngest miners, Mario Gomez, 64, and Jimmy Sanchez, 19, coped with the psychological effects of their ordeal. And the families, who kept vigil in a make-shift village around the mine.
This is a victory for Chile. Original estimates indicated that it may be Christmas before the miners were rescued. It is a testament to Chile that they are free now, in October.
My Spanish is only basic so I had to rely on an Argentine friend for the following:
Que Dios los bendiga y los proteja mineros Chilenos
to the Chilean miners, god bless you and keep you safe from now.
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