WHAT A SPECTACULAR RESCUE!  IT WAS EXCITING TO WATCH THOSE MINERS BEING PULLED UP FROM WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THEIR TOMB.

AMERICA CAN BE PROUD TO HAVE HAD A PART IN IT.  WHEN IT LOOK LIKE THE ORDEAL WOULD BE A LONG ONE, JEFF HART, A CONTRACTOR FROM DENVER STEPPED IN AND OFFERED RESCUERS, THE TRAPPED MINERS AND THEIR FAMILIES THE FIRST PROMISE THAT IT WOULD BE OVER SOON.  

HART WAS IN AFGHANISTAN DRILLING WATER WELLS FOR THE ARMY.  ONCE HE ARRIVED AT THE MINE, HE SPENT DAYS OPERATING THE DRILL AND "FEELING" THE SOIL UNTIL HE DISCOVERED JUST THE RIGHT SPOT TO OPEN AN ESCAPE HOLE. NASA EXPERTS WENT TO CHILE TO SUGGEST DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE RESCUE CAPSULE AND DOCTORS TO SUGGEST TREATMENT FOR THE CONFINED MINERS.  AN AMERICAN COMPANY DONATED THE SPECIAL SUN GLASSES AT $450 EACH AND REPORTEDLY THE DRILL WAS MANUFACTURED IN PENNSYLVANIA. 

THERE'S A LOT WE CAN STILL DO RIGHT IN AMERICA!

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