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There was an update on the trapped miners in Chile and the question was asked "If you had been trapped underground like that for weeks, what are the first things you'd like to do as soon as you were rescued?"

I don't know about you, but I'd want to kiss the ground and just feel the sunlight for a while, quickly followed by a long long bath. Yep, a bath would be numero uno--And for men of course, they probably miss getting a shave and doing mundane things like clipping their nails.

Hugging the relatives, eating a steak, being able to walk around and breathe fresh air--it will be like being born again for them to come up from their entombment and live again.

I know I missed some important firsts--what is the first thing you'd do? I'm curious to know.

susil

posted on Oct 8, 2010 11:09 AM ()

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The space where they guys are trapped is actually much bigger than first thought. They have it divided up, bathroom, exercise, meals, etc, and they get tooth brushes and clean clothes (soap too, I suppose). They also have a work detail that clears rock from the area where the drill will/did enter. Board games, cards, videos from above--family.... for guys used to being in that environment, it's not as bad as it would be for the rest of us.
comment by jjoohhnn on Oct 9, 2010 9:46 AM ()
Hi jj; I am happy for their sake that all this was done for them to keep them busy and connected with the outside world--I pictured them in a cramped little black space where they verged on cannabalism or something drastic like that.
reply by susil on Oct 10, 2010 8:27 AM ()
I would probably plead for sunglasses since my eyes would have been accustomed to the dark.
comment by elderjane on Oct 9, 2010 5:27 AM ()
jeri, I just heard this minute on NPR that sunglasses will be provided for them as soon as they are out of the hole.
reply by susil on Oct 9, 2010 8:22 AM ()
I get so claustrophobic so fast that I'd probably be taken out in a straight jacket! But I'd like to think that I'd lie in the sun for days!
comment by catdancer on Oct 8, 2010 11:24 PM ()
Hi cat; me too--and I'd sleep with the light on for the rest of my life and nothing could get me to go back down in that mine again.
reply by susil on Oct 9, 2010 8:25 AM ()
Assuming it was the real me trapped there and not me as some hypothetical Chilean miner, the first I'd do after all the expected things like hugging and bathing and flushing is go in my kitchen and look in the fridge.
comment by troutbend on Oct 8, 2010 6:58 PM ()
As soon as I could walk, that's what I'd be doing!
reply by susil on Oct 9, 2010 8:38 AM ()
First to hug and kiss those I loved, then, of course, a bath and a toilet. Duh.
comment by tealstar on Oct 8, 2010 3:22 PM ()
Hi teal;it must be pretty stinky down there by now; not only for lack of toilet facilities but also men unbathed for so long -it must be pretty rank by now.
reply by susil on Oct 9, 2010 8:30 AM ()
Ditto. Claustro is right. But I would appreciate the little things, like the convenience of a flush toilet, an electric light switch, or a refrigerator.
comment by jondude on Oct 8, 2010 2:54 PM ()
Hi jon; It's the little things that they probably missed the most.
reply by susil on Oct 9, 2010 8:42 AM ()
I am too claustrophobic to have ever considered a job like that. If I ever get trapped in a tight spot they better send in the Valium. I don't know if I'd be in any state to do anything when I got out.
comment by jjoohhnn on Oct 8, 2010 11:36 AM ()
Hi jj; Well bless your heart.
I wondered if the rescuers were able to get some tranquilizers down that initial bore hole so the miners would have something to take to keep from going bonkers. Those guys will have major PTSD after that experience.
reply by susil on Oct 9, 2010 8:54 AM ()

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