Chile's President Sebastian Pinera tells the 33 miners trapped hundreds of metres underground that every effort is being made to free them.

The last of the 33 miners trapped deep underground in northern Chile for more than two months has been rescued. Luis Urzua, the shift supervisor who was credited with helping the men survive the ...

While attending the Simon Wiesenthal Center's National Tribute Dinner, which honored actor Tom Cruise, I was introduced to a man named Luis Alberto Urzua Iribarren.You may not know the name, but you surely know his heroic story. Urzua was one of 33 Chilean miners trapped inside a cave below the surface of the earth for 69 days …

First published on October 14, 2010 / 2:11 PM EDT. The heroic rescue of 33 Chilean miners, trapped for nearly 70 days, riveted the world. But the miraculous story is …

The ordeal of 33 miners trapped for two months underground in Chile ended late Wednesday as the last miner, Luis Urzua, 54 — the man who guided his men through the ordeal — emerged to safety ...

Mr Urzua - after shaking hands and embracing rescue workers - climbed into a cramped cage at 9:46pm and was hauled up from a narrow hole drilled through 2,000 …

Shift foreman Luis Urzua. Cameraman Florencio Avalos. Mechanic Juan Aguilar. Spiritual leader/pastor Jose Henriquez. Paramedic assistant Daniel Herrera. Carrier pigeon handler Jorge Galleguillos.

Sat 16 Oct 2010 19.09 EDT. 11. I t was the moment two worlds united in a bear hug. Luis Urzúa, the miners' foreman, stepped from the rescue capsule and embraced President Sebastián Piñera. It ...

The last man to emerge from the ground was shift foreman Luis Urzua, whose leadership was credited with helping the men endure the initial 17 days after the Aug. 5 mine collapse, during which they ...

Shift leader Luis Urzua checked the time. It was about 1:40 p.m. He had just felt a rumble in the Earth, and over the clanging and clamoring of mining equipment, Urzua heard a noise.

Alongside fellow cast members Antonio Banderas, Jacob Vargas, and Oscar Nuñez in Los 33 (The 33), Phillips plays Luis Urzua, the ballsy foreman who kept the miners alive for the 70 days they were ...

Todo en torno a Luis Urzúa es un misterio. El famoso jefe de turno de los 33 mineros atrapados en la mina San José, y quien anoche era el último en salir de esa oscura pesadilla que duró casi 70 días, ha contribuido en buena parte a ello. La primera vez que se escuchó su nombre durante aquellas 17 jornadas en las cuales Franklin Lobos ...

Urzua recounted a time in the mine when one of his colleagues became ill. The prayers of the other miners, Urzua said, healed him. "We made a prayer, we prayed in front of him," he said.

In a jubilant climax to an unprecedented rescue mission that riveted the world, Luis Urzúa, the last of the 33 miners trapped for 70 days deep underground in northern …

On 5 August 2010, Luis Urzua went to work as usual. He was the shift foreman for what was to become the ill-fated group of Chilean miners who became trapped below the surface of the Atacama Desert in the north of the country. Urzua and his crew of 33 men were trapped 2000 feet underground for 69 days.

The last miner to be rescued, Luis Urzua, centre, gestures as Chile's president Sebastián Piñera, right, looks on. Photograph: Alex Ibanez/AP. Chile. This article is more than 13 years old.

Oct 14, 2010. #1. What a magnificent person, Luis Urzua, the leader of the 33 trapped miners in Chili! He managed to inspire hope, organize and encourage his peers in the underground prison that was the mine San Jose for 69 days. As a real hero and leader, he was the last miner to left the trap, after having inspired his fellow miners to survive.

Foreman serves as backbone, leader of trapped miners. Luis Urzua went to work as a shift foreman at the San Jose gold and copper mine in northern Chile on Aug. 5. A month later, the steely 54-year ...

Shift leader Luis Urzua checked the time. It was about 1:40 p.m. He had just felt a rumble in the

Urzua, 54, was the shift commander at the time of the disaster, and used all his wits and his leadership talents to help his men stay calm and in control for the 17 …

Once he realized the gravity of the situation, foreman Luis Urzua took charge and organized his men for survival. He kept the men on 12-hour shifts building out new areas, reinforcing walls and roofs, and drawing maps. He used the lights of mining trucks to simulate daylight and had the miners write letters of thanks to rescue workers in ...

Luis Urzúa responded with characteristic understatement when he finally . emerged from Chile's San Jose mine late on Wednesday night. "It's been a bit of a long …

Former miner Luis Urzua -one of the 33 miners trapped inside the San Jose mine- speaks during a ceremony celebrating the first anniversary of the accident which left the 33 men 68 days underground, at a church of Copiapo, 700 km north of Santiago on August 5, 2011. AFP PHOTO/Martin BERNETTI (Photo credit should read MARTIN …

In light of this perspective, I am intrigued with reports (see here and here, for example) about 54 year-old foreman Luis Urzua and the impressive steps he is taking to …

Tue 24 Aug 2010 20.20 EDT. The words of Luis Urzúa came over a crackling line but were uttered with the professional calm of a man in control: "Shift foreman speaking." The 54-year-old has become ...

Sam Jones and agencies. Luis Urzúa, whose calm leadership guided his colleagues through their darkest hours, became the last of the 33 trapped Chilean miners to be freed early this morning ...

La violencia cuesta una cabeza en el Monumental: Colo Colo despide a Luis Urzúa, el jefe de seguridad del club. Cristian Barrera, Matías Parker y Christian González. 24 ago 2024 02:25 PM. Tiempo de lectura: 2 minutos. Fuegos artificiales en el duelo entre Colo Colo y Monagas, por la Copa Libertadores. Los líos que ha enfrentado el Cacique ...

Luckily, though, the men had Luis Urzua. Urzua, 54, was the shift commander at the time of the disaster, and used all his wits and his leadership talents to …

The capsule carrying Luis Urzua emerged to cheers, songs and applause as the the last of the 33 miners trapped deep underground in northern Chile for more than two months was been rescued. Luis Urzua, the shift supervisor who was credited with helping the men survive the first 17 days before rescue teams made contact, was greeted by his …

Chile's President to Luis Urzua: "You acted like a good boss". I am quite obsessed with the (now) feel-good story about the trapped miners and their rescue. I was taken with Luis …

About 700m underground, in the most traumatic of circumstances, Luis Urzua has no intention of relinquishing command of the 32 men in his care. Urzua, 54, went to work as usual on Aug. 5 as shift foreman for the ill-fated group of Chilean miners who became trapped below the Atacama desert in the north of the country. Now he finds …