<p>Yay! :)</p>
<p>Live news like this is what makes watching ‘reality shows’ impossible for me to do. </p>
<p>Bravo to the miners, their families, and the rescuers who have endured these past 70 days.</p>
<p>So this is interesting- unless I misheard the reporter, they can only be brought up during the night because the sunlight could damage their eyes.</p>
<p>Blindfolds?</p>
<p>They are being brought up with special glasses on. Not sure about the sunlight though. It would not surprise me.</p>
<p>They have special glasses for them to wear.</p>
<p>I wonder how many generations it takes fish or even mammals confined to darkness to lose the physiological capacity for sight? Not just atrophy but genetic changes.</p>
<p>Google is calling to me as the Sirens called lto Ulysses.</p>
<p>^ Hey now… I think the Sirens just got a bad rap. </p>
<p>Anyway, yeah I missed the part about the glasses. Wow… so many things I didn’t think about that they would have to readjust to on land :/</p>
<p>Here’s to the best for them!</p>
<p>What an amazing thing. So relieved that it is going well.</p>
<p>An apolitical, human-interest, international event is in the E&P subforum?</p>
<p>Hmmm.</p>
<p>I guest it’s just I that doesn’t see this as “Election & Politics.”
;)</p>
<p>Pretty spellbinding stuff. Overtaking this evening’s MSM political shows. They yielded coverage to the miners. ;)</p>
<p>epiphany, I agree. Surprised to see this only in this subforum. I posted about this over a half hour ago in the Parent Forum (in Dad ll’s thread so maybe that’s why no response there!). Somebody just opened a thread a couple of minutes ago in the Parent Cafe. This is amazing and am hoping for all the best for those still waiting to be rescued.</p>
<p>Just saw the first man out on the news. What a relief for their families and how must it be to wait if you’re one of the last guys out!</p>
<p>2nd miner up?</p>
<p>That 2nd Guy was pumped. Looked like he brought gifts up from the mine. I did not expect to laugh after the tears of seeing them come out. I am just amazed how healthy they seem after more than two months trapped underground, though apparently they were starting with the healthier ones first to see how they handled it.</p>
<p>Just reported - 4th miner has been brought to the surface!!! This is amazing - most uplifting news I’ve seen in the past weeks! I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the rest of the rescue will go smoothly.</p>
<p>I’ve been watching the rescue too…the second guy is presenting talking his head off to a camera with his family…he’s completely euphoric. I wish I could understand everything he said.
5th guy is about to start coming up now…
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<p>Magnificent rescue…hope all goes well with all of them.</p>
<p>8th one rescued! Glorious Day !!!</p>
<p>Just amazing! What will these men do for a living now? I can’t imagine they would ever go into a mine again!</p>
<p>So moving!</p>
<p>How did they all shave before they emerged??? Did the 2 rescue guys bring down toiletries and water? They have been talking about special fortified Powerade for their electrolytes, but havent heard about the bathroom facilities. Maybe thats a good thing.</p>
<p>They asked for toiletries to be sent down to freshen up before the rescue. I think they said they have a water pool/fall down there to bathe in as well. The oddest thing IMO was that they asked for shoe polish.</p>