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October 13, 2010
last man buried
At this writing, 15 of the 33 Chilean miners have been sealed in a tube and hoisted thousands of feet to freedom. The tube's round trip takes about 40 minutes. Something about this single-file process just occurred to me.
Someone's got to be last.
What will those 40 minutes be like? Trapped 2300 feet below ground, utterly alone, where for months you at least had the company of 32 other men? Every pebble tumbling down the rescue shaft will probably sound like an avalanche.
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