An amazing story of survival is playing out in Chilean mine as 33 men, trapped for about three weeks, face as much as four more months underground. The 2010 Copiapó mining accident began as a cave-in on 5 August 2010 at the San José copper-gold mine in the Atacama Desert near Copiapó, Chile.The accident trapped 33 men 700 meters (2,300 ft) underground who survived for a record 69 days.

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The 33 is the true story of the trapped Chilean miners As Yonni Barrios carried out his first-aider duties underground a soap opera played out above ground as his wife and mistress fought over him. All were rescued and brought to the surface on 13 October 2010 over a period of almost 24 hours. The gold miners of 1800 would eat meat, rice, bread, and molasses. Relevance. The rescue team drilled holes and the families were able to send down, food, water to drink and wash with, medicine and just about everything else they needed in tubes. They would drink coffee, water, tea, and occasionally brandy. Answer Save.

16 Answers. We answer the basic questions. Chilean miners considered cannibalism and talked about killing themselves during their 69 days trapped below ground. What did the Chilean miners eat for 2 months? By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 13:11 EDT, 12 February 2011 Their diet was said to be very bland and boring. After the last trapped miner was winched to the …