The Pornography of Rescue: The Miners in Chile
There is something pornographic about it. Images of rescue that are constantly replayed on dozens of channels for consumption only to then be re-consumed. The chest thumping, the extolling of ‘man’s will to survive’.
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The Pornography of Rescue: The Miners in Chile
October 24th, 2010 
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Chilean miners must remove rocks to aid their own rescue
September 2nd, 2010 admin Chilean miners must remove rocks to aid their own rescue
The 33 trapped Chilean miners who have astonished the world with their discipline a half mile underground will have to aid their own escape — clearing thousands of tons of rock that will fall as the rescue hole is drilled, the engineer in charge of drilling [...]