Trapped miners from Chile will soon join the outside world by Zuzana Zelenakova

Thirty three trapped miners should rejoin the outside world soon according to the mining minister Laurence Golborne. The drilling equipment is currently being prepared for the final stage of the rescue efforts. The miners have been trapped 700 meters below the ground since 5 August when the San Jose mine collapsed. The engineers need to be extremely cautious in the final stage of the operations. "There are dangers - that we break through the hard rock, and when we break that, someone might get injured," said Andre Sougarret, the engineer in charge of the drilling. "That's why we need to send a camera down the shaft to make sure they're not going to be in danger." In order ! to get to the surface, each miner will take about 20-minute ride in a special rotating capsule. They will be given a pair of sunglasses to protect their eyes after emerging from the darkness. Currently, the miners face a great deal of mental pressure, however, once they are out of their underground prison they will have to deal with another kind of challenge as they will become center of the attention of the whole world. Interviews, invitations from top representatives, and so on. "Before being heroes, they are victims," University of Santiago psychologist Sergio Gonzalez told The Associated Press. "These people who are coming out of the bottom of the mine are different people ... and their families are too." Chile´s government has already pledged to offer six months psychological support to each of the miners. "All of them will have to confront the media and fame, and will encounter families that aren't the same as when they were trapped," Health Minister Jaime Manali! ch said. "All of them will live through very difficult situati! ons of a daptation."

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