Miners rescued - Inspirational example of resilience

WHAT uplifting joy it is to wake to good news.

A person would have to have a heart of granite not to be moved by the pictures of what must be the most dramatic rescue of modern times when most of the 33 Chilean miners were reunited with their families after more than two months buried and powerless in a collapsed mine shaft.

Though the great drama in the Atacama desert, which began on August 5 when 720-metre deep San Jose gold and copper mine collapsed, played out thousands of miles from this small island it would be hard not to be suspicious of anyone who said that the epic of emotion, determination, courage and human resilience left them cold.