After a Year of The Rescue in The Chilean Mine, The ” 33″ Say They are Not Well

A year ago, Chile lived one of the episodes more shocking in its recent history with the rescue of 33 miners trapped 700 meters depth, in the middle of the desert of Atacama. But little is left of the euphoria and the emotion of that September. While in Chilean society imposed social conflicts more conveners, such as the student revolt by a free education, the miners face thorny personal situations and family members, and not end up to recover from the traumatic experience.
Jose Ojeda, the one who wrote the piece “We are well on the refuge 33 “, in which attested that they were alive, he returned to be news, with a new and revealing message: “we are not doing well the 33″ . This phrase, a year after the rescue efforts following the accident at the copper miner San José in Copiapó, refers to the problems that they face some of the miners.
The own Ojeda suffered a serious diabetes. But it is not the only one. Mario Gomez, who worked for more than half a century in mineral deposits, is sick of silicosis. The smallest in the group, Jimmy Sanchez, suffering from the aftermath of what happened: in spite of the long psychological treatment that was provided, even cannot sleep.
Alberto Llanca Iturra, head of the team of psychologists who participated in the rescue workers, explained that the miners “have had to live a dynamic reality, very changing, very different for each one of them” . “people still do not understand what it means to be at risk of death during two and a half months. The cost physical, emotional, spiritual and social this leaves. Who wasn’t there do not understand and it is not going to understand either”, he said. And he added: “Many of them fail to complete their adaptation to the family life, working life . Carry a year without being able to return to an activity productive labor”.
According to Osman Araya, another of the miners, several of his fellow “changed much”.
“Five or six were the only ones who earned money”, he says. Of the group, 15 are unemployed. Of those who have gotten jobs, four had to return to a mining.
For tomorrow, in an attempt to regain the mystique of rescue, the government of Sebastián Piñera organized various acts, including a lunch with ” 33 “.
I finally returned with some news