a couple of Bolivian miners, not native Chileans, and attempted a bit of small talk to boot, which must have been interesting) but at the same time the broader experience of the poor men and their families must be incredibly dislocating and anticlimactic. While we're blaming the media for their intrusiveness and sensationalism-seeking in their desire to have 24 hour rolling news, we should blame ourselves if we supported that by tuning in. Rubber-necking media wouldn't do it if there wasn't an audience and advertisers. Why would anyone expect the lives of these families to improve after such an accident? The mine management isn't interested in the lives of the people who do the work. The media was only interested as long as they were trapped then released (story, end of story). Money would be pouring in? Really? This is a very thoughtful piece of writing, a credit to the author, and one suggesting well written words are worth more than infinitive quantities of pictures. The story seems familiar. Poor workers exploited by criminally negligent owners and exposed to ridiculous dangers. The predictable accident occurs and said owners are ready to write off several lives as collateral damage. Families with no access to their representatives take matters into their own hands and force a rescue bid or at least a decent attempt to recover their husbands, boyfriends, sons, or fathers. Their only access to justice is through the media, but will the miners be found in the slim window of