Miners face difficult months ahead

THE underground ordeal for the 33 Chilean miners may be coming to an end, but they still face months of physical and psychological rehabilitation, an expert has warned.

The rescue will see each miner transported 2,041ft up a shaft in a steel capsule, but that will only be the beginning of their journey to recovery, mine rescue consultant Robert Murray Willis said.

After two months in confinement the men are likely to be angry and argumentative, with the media maelstrom and the likely attention of Hollywood film producers only confusing the situation.