Johnny Barrios The 70 days that we fought so hard were not in vain. We had strength, we had spirit, we wanted to fight, we wanted to fight for our families, and that was the greatest thing.The president told him You are not the same and the country is not the same after this. You were an inspiration. Go hug your wife and your daughter.Miner after miner climbed into a cramped cage deep beneath the Chilean earth, was hoisted through 2,000 feet of rock and saw precious sunlight after the longest underground entrapment in history.
Salinas apparently knew nothing of the affair until the two women ran into each other amid the tents pitched by family members anxiously holding vigil and a very public spat ensued.The 50-year-old Barrios looked around sheepishly Wednesday as he emerged from the rescue tube that elevated him to the Earth’s surface, peering through dark glasses as mining officials in red shirts applauded loudly.Behind him, smiling widely and waiting for him to notice her stood Valenzuela. When he didn’t, the round-faced strawberry blonde walked around to face Barrios and gave him a long kiss and hug, weeping into the shoulder of his jumpsuit as he whispered into her ear.
The promise of a proper wedding came in the first letter Gomez had ever written his wife during their 30-year marriage. Scrawled on sheets of notebook paper, the letter was placed in a plastic bag and tied to the end of the drill bit that first broke through to their underground purgatory, along with another miner’s message announcing: “We’re all OK in the refuge, the 33Read on television by President Sebastian Pinera, Gomez’s Dear Lila letter was filled with faith and determination, and showed the world the miners were holding strong.
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