I was there;but not ALONE

• When Barcelona striker David Villa sent a signed jersey and Real Madrid offered an invitation to a match it wasn’t for a football promoting and fans appealing program;

• When Billionaire Chile president Mr.Sebastian Pinera made statement and invited them to Presidential palace for a dinner, it wasn’t for political benefit;

• When Mr. Laurence Golborne, Chile mining minister was twitted across the globe over by an average of 15 k followers per week isn’t for him;

• When the firm Codelco, the world's top copper producer and Schramm Inc, the global leader in supplier of hydraulic drilling equipments and California-based sunglasses firm Oakley participated it wasn’t for any organizational business purpose or any profit positioning instance;

• When around the world print, electronic and online media served with latest news and update for a period of 69 days wasn’t to sensationalize by reporting the incident;

• When Mining Union leaders and top relative domain companies offered more than 1000 job options with them isn’t for lucrative occasion;

YES, it was for the purpose of showcasing overwhelming humanious support extended towards the ordeal of 33 Chilean mineworkers, who were trapped 700 meters underground for 69 days at the San Jose gold and copper mine in the northern Atacama Desert region, due to the collapse of the shaft while working.

Honestly speaking, I was not curious about the issue for a couple weeks, but I picked the nerves of the real issue only when I understood the gravity of the circumstances that the mineworkers are trapped in. My excitement grew by each day with the increasing media coverage and hundreds of supporters across society, families and others thronging themselves to the location. The increasing numbers of camps put up by these groups praying and awaiting the survival of their family member; brother, father or son, it could be the most anxious moment of their lifetime.

Despite the root causes of the issue, I found the following experiences that awed me during these times;

1.History has witnessed a rare demonstration, where fate was defeated with hands down show of technical expertise pooled by various ma-made resources.

2.The event transpired a whole nation to live through the emotions and to make celebrations is beyond a natural effort and it was amazingly impressive. I am sure the sounds of cheers and glasses over drink kept the evil spirits at bay.

3.The incident uncovered the greed of the mining companies and negligence by the governments are displayed across and the event had greater chances to kick off the reforms towards “the working conditions of mineworkers; in safety, shelter and pay “for the industry too.

Above all, beyond the survival, man displayed homogeneity in putting up collective effort; a feat very seldom in occurrence and I am happy for I lived in this times to witness, “the enigmatic moment of survival” that set to inspire many TV shows, movies, autobiographies in coming times and to inspire many generations.