If one of them dies, they'll all probably die from the disease etc - not to mention that their waste has to go somewhere :(

If it does take 4 months, I don't think they'll live

first person to fart = dead man

its gonna take 4 months to get them out? How does that work? Are they just digging in a huge diamond or something?

4 months, that awful, and imagine the high temperatures that must be in that mine.

Wow how terrible. they are literally in hell.

I think most people fail to understand the situation. First, the men are in an extensive area of the mine with access to many tunnels. There is even a small area where they have benches. The problem is the ventilation. The men choose to stay in a corridor near a small shaft where air is being pumped in.

The problem with the mining is they are in very deep and even before they can start digging they have to clear the debris that resulted from the initial cave in. Its a very precarious situation because when they do dig an escape shaft it too could collapse killing rescue workers. 

It will take a miracle to get those men out. But miracles have been known to happen.

I live in Chile and they are using top tech to get them out, but as said above its not an easy task as the material of the land is very unstable, because of the first colapsed that happen. (they are sending food, meds and other things).

The other problem that u guys havent understood its that they are 2300ft down underground, but that doesn't mean they can dig a hole vertically into the land, they have to dig with an angle, so the hole wont be just 2300ft.

I just hope they all get out alive, non one deserves to die down there..

lawl

OT: I read they gave them PSPs.

http://kotaku.com/5625207/trapped-chilean-miners-get-psps

Yeah, I heard about that 2 days ago mr. late

heard about this on the news the other day, just freaking unbelievable, it's a miracle they survived but about 4 months underground.... I hope no one gets cabin fever!!!