Estamos bien en el refugio los 33 / The 33 of us are ok in the refuge

The news of the collapse that left 33 miners Chileans to 700 meters underground in the Atacama Desert toured the world. The anguish of the families and the government's efforts to establish whether they had survived lasted 17 long days.
Finally, a piece of paper came to the surface, with a phrase in red ink that read "We are well on the refuge's 33" Shouts of joy, tears and hugs were reproduced from the collapse site to the rest of the country.
The news was hailed as an event and beyond the borders. International media also gave wide coverage to what happened: The Economist, Washingtong Post, The Guardian, The Sydney Herald, CNN, among others. And specially, newspapers and television channels in Australia have given extensive coverage to this fact. This is explained by the degree of closeness to the tragedy, since this country experienced a similar event. On Sunday, Channel 9 devoted a 60-minute interview in prime time for what happened. Even the Australian experts traveled to Chile to help with the rescue. They were the only ones NASA is also providing its expertise to the next stage, the rescue. It is estimated that just in December may be saved and come to the surface. Meanwhile, they receive food, family and love from a small hole.
It is amazing how a story that affects a small group of people, located on the corner of the planet is able to capture all the attention. In the immediate environment, becomes the sole focus. The rest of the news takes a back seat. For the rest of the facts, the media seems numb. Only a few claim to know what else is happening. But the story remains one: whether they are alive, know about what caused the tragedy, blame, find the human stories of the miners, their families ... become a little voyeurism, sometimes ...
The media wear their best clothes and cover zoom it unfolds, not only in terms of human resources: the star drivers are set. News reporters travel to the scene of the tragedy. Cameramen and photographers risk their lives for the better images. Hypermedia reaches its peak: great graphics production, computer graphics, 2D and 3D animations, among others, compete to better understand what, how, where and who to readers, viewers, listeners. Social networks boil. If the word Chile miners or trending topics on Twitter, is seen as an achievement.
Foreign media play progress, but do not fall into excesses because they have their own pattern.
The peak, in which everyone has to tell the news is when you know they are alive. All 33.
For more than a month, the country revolves around a theme and is united against an adverse fate. Like six months ago, the earthquake that struck the central region.