The Miners of Copiapó
On August 5, 2010, the San José copper mine in Copiapó, Chile, collapsed. Thirty-three miners were trapped 2,300 feet underground — deeper than two Empire...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Isaiah 9:1-4.
On August 5, 2010, the San José copper mine in Copiapó, Chile, collapsed. Thirty-three miners were trapped 2,300 feet underground — deeper than two Empire State Buildings stacked end to end. For seventeen days, the world assumed they were dead. The men rationed two spoonfuls of tuna every forty-eight hours. They lived in total darkness, in suffocating heat reaching 95 degrees, unsure if anyone was even looking for them.…
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