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It was a rescue made possible by a global outpouring of generosity. Hundreds of anonymous workers turned their lives upside down to save the miners. Some built drills. Others shipped thousand-pound drill bits. Others, like Hart, guided the drills. The realm of possible solutions had been swamped by Piñera’s early decision to seek help from around the globe. He later remarked that he was guided by the Russian government’s stubborn refusal to seek help when the Kursk, a Russian submarine, sank to the ocean floor. “The Russians could have asked for technology to help from England, But they didn’t,” said Piñera. “I personally called every president I knew and sought technical solutions.”
33 Men: Inside the Miraculous Survival and Dramatic Rescue of the Chilean Miners. Putnam 2011. p.277, 278
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