I focused on an international story. THE CHILEAN MINERS
On BBC
- Using the inverted pyramid, There are 33 miners that have been trapped for over 2 months?!? YES 2 freaking months and to think they are alive, WOW! crazy. on August 5th there was a rockfall north of the Chilean capital of Santiago on August 5. They had almost given up the search when rescuer's discovered 17 days later that all 33 are still alive. Using a "dove system" how to send messages they were able to tell the search crew to not give up hope. This coming weekend they plan on pulling out the 33 men crew out.
They have drilled over 1,500 of rock thus far. They just now have to line the tunnel because of the heat they have to be careful because it can become fatal.
VOA reports it almost the same but to me its a little more personal. They through in how family members of the trapped miners. However VOA was a lot shorter in writing. I did not know that Chile is the worlds largest copper supplier.
VOA I personally like their perspective better, short and dry. just easier to read period. straight to the point. BBC went off on tangents, for example how the other miners that were not trapped started to protest about not getting paid since the incident. I thought was quite strange takes away from the importance of the topic.
They both talked about the president hoping he can be their when the miners come up before 10/15 when he leaves the country.
This is a crazy story from both international news corps's reporting on international issues.
I wonder why we have not heard of it over here in the US, 2 months and 33 men are STILL alive?? that is just crazy!!!!
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