OCTOBER 2010
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The Pioneer
Prayers answered: 33 Chilean miners survive 70-day ordeal By Michelle Gonzalez and Rafaela Stoyanova Fear. Complete darkness. No hope. Lack of clean air. Will I ever see sunlight again? These thoughts, and much more, were probably racing through the minds of the 33 miners who were discovered alive in Copiapó, Chile on October 12th, after a mining accident had trapped them 69 days earlier. The miners were not discovered until 17 days after the collapse. A 700-meter hole was made to ultimately save them, and a smaller hole the size of a grapefruit was dug to send miners supplies like medicine, clothing, and games for entertainment. The miners also received food, of course, but just half a glass of milk and two mouthfuls of canned tuna every TWO DAYS,
CANCER, from previous page agnosed, and if not treated early enough, can eventually die from the cancer. Lets say you bought a ‘’I love boobies’’ bracelet. Did you know that only ONE dollar gets donated and the rest of the money goes to the store? That one dollar is meant only for generating more awareness, and the same is true for all the products sold at the store under the keep a breast foundation? However better foundations such as “The Gate Way for Cancer’’ donates to
according to London’s The Guardian. Beginning October 12th, the rescuers dedicated all their time to help the miners escape. There was a rescue capsule that went down to the miners, and one by one it brought the miners up. It took approximately 30-50 minutes for each rescue trip. It was a slow process, according to officials, but very successful: every miner got out of the mine alive. It was a moment that some miners probably believed they would not live to see. One miner even admitted that while they were trapped, some of them thought about committing suicide. Although some suffer from some damaging health problems, most consider it a “miracle” that the miners were rescued and reunited with their families and are able to see sunlight again.
all different types of cancer research, and 99 cents of every dollar goes to pure research? Or when you donate money to the National Breast Cancer Foundation 84% of the money raised is used to supply mammograms for women and men who cant afford them. So for Breast cancer month, a fabulous idea would to stop buying those lousy bracelets, get online and donate to some real foundations. So you can know exactly where your money goes, and do something great to actually help those with cancer.
A miner rejoices as he is helped out of the collapsed mine in Copiapó, Chile.
“We have done what the entire world was waiting for,” said 54-year-old miner Luis Urzula, the shift boss when the tunnel collapased, told Yahoo! news. “The 70
days that we fought so hard were not in vain.” Because they lived in pitch black conditions for so many days, the miners had to wear special protec-
tive sunglasses as they came above earth’s surface again. But the glasses couldn’t hide the tears of joy that most of the miners had running down their faces.
The Pioneer Staff EDITOR IN CHIEF Yogi Patel EDITORS • REPORTERS • PHOTOGRAPHERS Randy Anderson Tushar Batia Michelle Choi Kaila De La Vega August Gamboa Michelle Gonzalez Sade Howell
Najlah Iqbal Teadora Ivanova Julie Joseph Iryna Klishch Aneta Karkut Emily Lapinski Micki Laws Rachel Nieva
Maria Protic Emily Rafalik Ashley Roman Brandy Rubin Lensa Sedeta Alex Sliwka Rafaela Stoyanova
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