di fuss man a go go dung now...mi no envy him dat deh job

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numba 20 is di 2nd one of him family to be trapped in a mine

him daddy was trapped fi a week...his father started taking him down in the mines when he was 8 yrs old.....guess fi him story going to be di one di family chat bout from now awn...these men have made HISTORY with their survival

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die heart Elvis fan gets invite to Graceland

CNN) -- A special invitation to visit Elvis Presley's Memphis, Tennessee, home awaited Edison Pena when he emerged from the San Jose mine Wednesday after more than two months below ground.

Pena, a die-hard Elvis fan, led his fellow trapped miners in Elvis sing-alongs to pass time while waiting for their rescue.

&quot;<span style="font-weight: bold">Having Edison here would certainly be a dream come true for him, and a trip to Graceland in Memphis could be just the escape he needs after such a long period of time underground,&quot; </span>said Kevin Kern, the spokesman for Elvis Presley Enterprises.

The company and the Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau has offered Pena an all-expenses-paid trip for two, Kern said.

Pena, the 12th miner to be rescued, looked fit and exuberant as he emerged Wednesday.

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Rescued miner says he saw God, devil during captivity



(CNN) -- Having spent 69 days trapped inside the San Jose mine in Chile before being rescued, Mario Sepulveda says, he is a changed man.

&quot;I buried 40 years of my life down there, and I'm going to live a lot longer to be a new person,&quot; he said in a video conference hours after surfacing from half a mile underground.

Sepulveda, the second miner extracted from the mine, has advice for those who take undue risks in their lives.

&quot;I think I have learned a lot of wonderful lessons about taking the good path in life,&quot; he said. &quot;For those of you able to call your wives or your husbands, do so.&quot;

During the time he was trapped inside the mine, Sepulveda said, he saw both good and evil.

&quot;I was with God, and I was with the devil. They fought, and God won,&quot; he said. Sepulveda said he grabbed God's hand and never doubted that he would be rescued.


Sepulveda praised the efforts of the rescue crews but argued for reforms in the mining industry.

&quot;I think this country has to understand once and for all that we can make change. In the area of labor, we have make many changes,&quot; he said. &quot;I think the owner has to give the tools so that the middle managers can bring changes in terms of labor. The middle managers cannot carry on like they have.&quot;

The rescued miner had high praise for the doctors and psychologists who aided the miners via videoconference.

&quot;They gave us our lives back. It's incredible that with 700 meters between us, and not seeing us face-to-face, they revived us,&quot; he said.



With the world watching and the media attention at the mine intense, Sepulveda said he hoped to maintain a low-key profile now that they are being rescued.

&quot;The only thing I ask personally is that you please not treat us like celebrities or journalists. I want to continue being treated like Mario Antonio Sepulveda Espinace, the worker, the miner. I love that, and I think that, in some shape, way or form, I want to continue working,&quot; he said.

Sepulveda was flanked by family members as he spoke.

&quot;I'm very happy for all the beautiful things that were done for us,&quot; he said. &quot;I'm very excited to be up here again.&quot;

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sole survivor of Upper Big Branch mine collapse sez this

new situation has not been good for him....sez he feels guilty that only he alone survived that situation...he has been having dreams of his friends reaching out for help n he is unable to help them

really temper how u view this situation ..mek u realise dat it could have gone otherwise

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down for 21...who will greet him in public..di wife seh not

her...wonda if the authorities will allow di sweetheart to be dere given dat di Pope seh him is watching di rescue effort

El Papa should invite dem to a special mass..fi real..dem been a positive face fi di RC church

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Yonni 'Dr House' Barrios is next...an the world waits wid

bated breath to see wich ooman will be dere...di man do bright..sen note fi di two a dem fi come..dem seh dat him family bout di place seh him did leave di wife some time ago...cho...an mi was waiting fi 'chilly ' reception in Chile...

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him is on him wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy ..

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a fellow miner seh dat Yonni would have come up last n

gone out tru di bak door fi avoid wat him know a go gwane...but dem love him cause he had EMT training n treated the miners wile dem was down dere....dem seh dem mite gi him an expedited MD...

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Re: a fellow miner seh dat Yonni would have come up last n

look like mi reach back just in time fi see #21 and who greet him

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Re: a fellow miner seh dat Yonni would have come up last n

dem just seh did ask fi the sweetheart to be there but when u look pon the screen is the wife dedeh

de man did give power of atty to the sweetheart but mi noh know why she nat dere

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Re: a fellow miner seh dat Yonni would have come up last n

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him is up...him is up

who is dere...

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is who dat wid di minista a wait pon him

she a smile so mi wonda if is di wife

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who di [censored] is she..cho..dem mek mi a cuss

if dat is di wife mi hope she a cry fi di money she a go get wen she divorce him [censored]...no dat is di most emotional woman so far but him is not so loving

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Re: who di [censored] is she..cho..dem mek mi a cuss

dem seh it could be his sister