For the second year, Lightning has hit on our street. Max tried out for the Lightning hockey team again this year and he just found out in an email today that he made it. He was so excited and really shocked, he said he didn't think there was any chance of him making the team this year because he knew there were a lot of returning players and he had just moved up to the new division. But he did, which just goes to show you - you never know what you can do unless you try. Think of the miners in Chile. President Piñera spoke to the nation of Chile and the world that had been watching events unfold the last 70 days. He delivered a portion of his address in English.
Piñera said, "After 68 days of worry and hope, the moment of truth has come. Let God be with the miners and the rescue workers."
Rescue efforts to bring 33 miners trapped underground to the surface have been successful, with the last of the miners being pulled up late tonight.
The miners had been trapped underground for more than two months. Efforts to surface them took place on an individual basis using a specially-built cage.
When the 33 miners were determined to be alive in late August, it was said that it could take up to four months to get them all out alive. One of the trapped miners, 19-year-old Jimmy Sánchez, wrote an emotional letter to a relative just days ago. A doctor from Copiapo Hospital stated that the miners are no longer using sunglasses as their eyes have adjusted. They are eating normally and it seems they have only lost fat, 10-13kg each, not muscle. Their protein state is better when they entered the mine, thanks to all the care they've received. I am sure that all of the miners are grateful that their country and community kept trying. President Piñera also said, "A country that wants to call itself developed is a country that takes care of its workers," and that Chile owes protection and dignity to all of its workers.
