Felicidad Puro Esta en Chile en Este Semana - Media Meditation #3

Translation: Pure Happiness is in Chile this week.

     It would be hard put to find a person who wasn’t aware of the situation in Chile. Thirty three miners in Chile had been trapped in a collapsed mine for sixty-nine days. After months of effort, a capsule [Fenix 2] was finally ready to go and retrieve the miners, one at a time. The first out was thirty year old, Florencio Avalos.

(Courtesy of Youtube)

Thirty-two men rescued and twenty two hours later, the shift leader, fifty four year old, Luis Urzua emerged from Fenix. He was met with deafening cheers and a handshake and kind words from Chiles president. Chile has seen a mass unification of their citizens and shows of support for the miners are appearing worldwide. But what's next? "The true measure of a people’s strength is how they rise to master that moment when it does [that moment] arrive". (I quote the West Wing a lot. Be Prepared)

The struggle for the miners isn't nearly over. How Chile chooses to proceed to help them from this point will truly measure "their capacity to meet a challenge" (One more time!). This weekend, most miners will or have been released from the hospital. Pardon the pun but the light at the end of the tunnel may be visible for them.

               What irritates me is this. I had always intended to blog about the miners but while I was researching news pieces to embed, I came across something bothersome. Fox News (which I tend to avoid) apparently beat CNN and MSNBC in ratings when coverage for the rescue was taken into account. I saw the same story from a bunch of online news outlets. Well, Fox, CNN and various other outlets, I have a question for you. WHO CARES?!Thirty three men survived in a collapsed mine with minimal light, barely any food (I read a story where a miner said they had to make an effort to avoid the word "cannibalism") and rare contact with the outside and you're worried about RATINGS? So, CNN and MSNBC and various outlets, go join FOX in the dog house.

(Courtesy of David Wenzel)

As for the thirty three miners, I say " Buen Trabajo. Que son los mas fuertes de los fuertes." Translate that yourself!