Quotes: Chilean Miners

Relatives shout slogans after the T 130 drilling machine completed an escape hole for the miners at San Jose mine
Relatives (C) of the 33 miners trapped deep underground in a copper and gold mine shout slogans after the T 130 drilling machine completed an escape hole for the miners at San Jose mine near Copiapo city October 9, 2010. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY)

“I’m happy, I’m happy, because it means that Mother Earth is going to give our loved ones back to us.”

–Alicia Campos, the mother of Daniel Herrera, one of the trapped men in the Chilean mines. (via BBC)

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