【英语国际】智利33名矿工被困两周有余仍安好

Entombed one-half mile below ground for more than two weeks, the 33 miners at the collapsed San Jose mine maintained a leadership structure, cooperated to stretch out scant canned-food stores, and fretted over missing fellow miners.

As rescuers have had more contact with the men trapped below ground since the Aug. 5 collapse of the northern Chilean mine, a clearer picture is emerging of how they faced an ordeal that has already extended beyond what all but a handful of mining-accident survivors have ever endured.

The information comes as the rescuers and the miners exchange phone calls and written messages, using a four-inch diameter shaft that has been sunk into the small chamber where the miners are holed up.

Early contact reveals the miners retained self-discipline and a sense of humanity amid deep frustrations. They were well enough organized to have made one effort to escape -- a bid that might have succeeded had mine owners kept the proper safety equipment on hand.

Their attitudes were revealed in one of their first questions after rescuers established contact. One miner, who identified himself as 'shift boss Luis Urzua,' asked what had happened to some co-workers who had been separated from the 33 men at the time of the cave-in.

When told they had escaped to the surface without fatalities, Mr. Urzua and the miners listening to the conversation let out a cheer.

The miners also conveyed urgent requests for toothpaste, fruit and beer, according to Congressman Giovanni Calderon.

月5日，智利北部圣何西的一座矿井发生坍塌，33名矿工被困井下1.5英里深处长达两周多，然而他们却保持着良好的组织结构，一起合作以极少的储备罐头食品维生，并担心着失踪的矿友。

自矿难发生以来，随着救援人员与被困矿工有了更多的联系，一幅更加清晰的画面展现在我们的面前：他们如何面对一场超出了所有人的极限、只有为数不多的矿难幸存者经历过的磨难。

随着救援人员和被困矿工互通电话和纸条，外界获得了他们的消息。他们传递消息利用的是一个直径四英寸、被沉入被困矿工所在狭小坑道的竖井。

初步的联系表明，虽然矿工们感到非常沮丧，却保持着自律和人道主义精神。他们的组织良好，甚至尝试组织了一次脱险行动──假如当时矿主有合适的安全设备，他们的努力可能已经成功了。

在救援人员取得联系之后，矿工们首先问的一些问题揭示出他们的态度。自称为“竖井老板路易士•乌尔苏亚”的矿工问道，在矿井坍塌时与这33名矿工分开的同事情况怎么样。

当被告知他们的同事已经安全逃到地面时，乌尔苏亚和其他聆听着对话的被困矿工发出了欢呼。

据智利议员卡尔德隆(Giovanni Calderon)说，被困矿工们还表达了对牙膏、水果和啤酒的迫切需求。