Despite being in the backwoods of the North Georgia foothills, we do get a bit of news around here. I'd like to have this first post commend the work of hundreds in concluding a successful end to the saga of 33 miners trapped underground. In this region of the U.S., we are accustomed to such stories not having a happy ending. Mining, while a necessary industry that powers the modern world, has unfortunately usually had a high death toll. My hope is that we have more successful rescues, and never have to simply shut a mine and hope that everyone died mercifully quick (many times, miners have probably been trapped alive; yet there was no way to save them without putting more lives in danger).
As long as humans are needed to actually go into mines, the business will continue to be risky. Let us hope for advances in robotics and the price thereof to help make this dangerous task no longer require men to endanger themselves.
See the full story on the rescue here at CNN
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