The Weight-Bearing Word

In 2010, thirty-three Chilean miners were trapped 2,300 feet underground in the San José copper mine near Copiapó. For seventeen days, the world heard nothing. Families gathered at the surface, holding vigil in the Atacama Desert heat, waiting for any sign of life. Then a small drill bit broke through to a rescue chamber, and attached to it came a scrawled note: "Estamos bien en el refugio, los 33."…