Por Fin!

When we arrived in Chile the 33 miners were missing. They went missing August 5th and I arrived August 20th. I heard about their story not long after I arrived. I'm not gonna lie, when I found out about them, I had absolutely no hope for these men. A few days go by and we found out they were alive! My family was absolutely ecstatic, as was I. I was amazed, the phones were going off my host mom was yelling in the background. THEY'RE ALIVE! THEY'RE ALIVE! All 33 missing miners were alive.

Some things got lost in translation at first, I thought they were alive and completely out of the mine at first. Then I heard on the street, some where, that they wouldn't be out until December, by the time we would leave. I was shocked! I wondered how they would survive and I slowly was able to translate my way through the story and technicalities.

Time went on and the story wasn't as popular. We still got daily updates about how things were going. Yesterday they arrived to the miners and began taking them out one by one around midnight last night. They were all above ground by 10pm the next day(today). I was studying in this fast food restaurant and the place was closing. We heard some honking going on in the background and wondered what was happening. I quickly realized THE MINERS WERE FREE! We packed our stuff and headed outside. We walked to the plaza because that's where most of the noise was coming from. There were cars after cars honking in excitement and people screaming Viva Chile! I was speechless, I had absolutely no words. It's something you only see once in your life and I saw it here in Chile.

Now I wish all the 33 miners and their families all the luck(which obviously they do not need) in the world. They gave Chile(and even the world) a reason to hope. I hope they can live their lives normally and never have to step foot into a mine ever again.

It's like a fairy tale, good things actually do happen. Chile has captured my heart and I will never forget it. VIVA CHILE! :)