The most memorable news story of last month for me was one that we didn't report on in National Underwriter–the rescue of 33 Chilean miners.
Intermittently, I was able to watch some of the televised coverage during those final days. As preparations were put in place to lower the first rescue worker down in a metal canister, reporters reviewed a history of events of the prior two months.
They spoke of how the miners had rationed bits of canned tuna and milk to survive in those earliest days of their ordeal. As viewers, we could only imagine the fear the miners had felt in that small place more than 2,000 feet below the earth's surface. We had a better sense of the hope they experienced when the first drill broke through, and video images were broadcast from the darkness.
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