SOUND MECHANISM, CALM SELF-DISCIPLINE

The pre-established and sound emergency mechanism and facilities have played an essential role in saving the miners.

An emergency shelter underground, where food had been stored, made it possible for the miners to survive the arduous first 10-plus days just after the mine collapse, when they were completely cut off from the outside.

For every 48 hours, each miner only ate two spoons of canned fish, half a biscuit, and half a cup of milk.

This limited food prolonged the miners' lives and gave hope to them to persist and wait for rescue.

Faced with the disaster, the miners courageously and calmly carried out activities aimed at maintaining self-discipline and preventing panic. After making unremitting efforts, they managed to contact rescuers above ground.

A trapped veteran miner acted as the miners' leader, and directed them to charge up their headlamps by connecting to a vehicle's storage battery, and search for water with available tools.

A miner named Johnny Barrios worked as a temporary doctor, collecting blood and urine samples from the miners and passing them to doctors outside through special equipment.