Héctor Tobar

A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist relates the experiences of the thirty-three men who endured entrapment beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking sixty-nine days during the San José mine collapse outside of Copiapó, Chile, in August 2010.

Previously published as Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stroies of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free.
The novel that inspired the film The 33 starring Lou Diamond Phillips, Cote de Pablo and Antonio Banderas.
When the San José mine collapsed outside of Copiapó, Chile, in August 2010, it trapped thirty-three miners beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking sixty-nine

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The exclusive, official story of the survival, faith, and family of Chile's thirty-three trapped miners When the San José mine collapsed outside of Copiapó, Chile, in August 2010, it trapped thirty-three miners beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking sixty-nine days. Across the globe, we sat riveted to television and computer screens as journalists flocked to the Atacama desert. While we saw what transpired above ground during the...

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"A cave-in in a deep rock mine in Chile trapped 33 miners deep underground. They remained trapped for 69 days. The whole world watched and waited along with the loved ones of the miners, hoping and praying for a successful rescue. While still underground the miners themselves agreed with one another to produce a single voice to the world after rescue and to share equally in any proceeds. The men knew that they would be famous. The book on their trials,...