I just wanted to remember to post about how I felt Tuesday night seeing 2 of the miners emerge after being trapped underground half a mile for 69 days straight. I had been following the story, but tentatively. I get really upset by things like that, particularly after my friend's sister lost her husband to a caving accident last Thanksgiving. It just freaks me out to think of being trapped beneath the surface of the earth.
As they broke through Sunday, I began to have excitement that MAYBE they would all be saved. As I watched Tuesday, the capsule was tested... retested... a rescue worker sent down... and the first man who had been trapped was sent up.
I could honestly not hold back the tears as I saw him emerge and his child burst into tears as she saw her daddy for the first time since August 5. My heart was so full. I was just so grateful for all the planning, work and expense put into saving 33 miners.
Even seeing it now, I get chills and teary. What a perfect thing to watch and confirm WHAT is most important in this life.
I was excitedly recapping it for my students all day Wednesday, it just put a special feeling in my heart that existed all day long. Wednesday was a wonderful day for me in many ways- all the way up until Asher got bitten by a dog.
After things had calmed down at home, I watched the last miner being brought up from the mine Wednesday night and the crowd burst out into song and national pride. It certainly was a special feeling and I feel so grateful to everyone involved in saving those men and reuniting those families.
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That was so amazing. I loved it so much, too. It was so great to see the news being overtaken by something positive and wonderful for once.
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