elevating up towards freedom.

[September]

Since the 5th of August, 33 miners from Chile have been trapped underground. First, people feared that they had not survived, but the signs of life soon revealed themselves. Ever since that day, they have been working continuously with trying to drill a hole big enough to lever down a lift-thing, in order to take the miners up, one by one, on this thing.

Now, 26 miners have been rescued and they believe that all of the 33 miners will be saved tonight. Via live-tv, I just saw one of them get up from the dark underground to finally see the light above. It was... so emotional. A woman sat with her husband, a miner, and their daughter. The mother said to her child "Look, it's dad. Don't you recognise him?" - of course in Spanish. That was just... wow.

I really started thinking about how precious life really is. I mean, anything could happen. And maybe you wouldn't ever get to see your friends and family again. You just never know. And that's what makes it so scary.