Trapped

In early August a Chilean mine collapsed.  After 17 days of searching for the missing persons the drillers finally found some luck.  As they pulled the drill back up to the surface they found a note attached to the end of the drill.  It said that all 33 trapped miners were okay.  Joy overwhelmed everybody.  For over two weeks the friends and families of the miners patiently, yet agonizingly, waited to hear whether their loved ones had survived the cave in.  Now that it has been established that the miners are alive, the trick is to keep them that way.  The Chilean miners are trapped about 2,257 feet below the surface and the drills that have been brought in to get them out only drills at about 65 feet a day.  This means that if everything goes as planned and nothing happens to the drill, it will be over a month before the drill even reaches the miners.

The rescuers above have established communication with the trapped miners and have begun supplying them with food, water, and air.  Also, doctors and psychiatrists have been brought to the mine to check and see what kind of condition the miners are in physically and emotionally.  In the mine their was a safety shelter that had a small food supply.  Thankfully the miners were able to reach this food supply, however, there was only supposed to be enough food to last 48 hours and not enough to feed 33 men.  Some how the trapped miners managed to ration the food long enough for rescuers to find them.  So far the psychiatrists say that the miners are doing pretty well considering the circumstances.  They will continue to monitor the miners' conditions throughout the rescue.

The families of the trapped miners were overcome with emotions when communication was established.  The miners have been able to send up notes to their families reassuring them that they are okay.  So far a camera has been sent down to the miners to check on them, but there was no audio.  Both the miners and the families understand that this rescue will take a long time.  It may take till December to get the miners out.  As one miner said in his letter to his wife, hope and faith will get them all thru.

What would you do?  If you or your loved one was trapped and wasn't going to be able to be rescued till almost December, what would you do?