Chile miners' resue begins

Workers test the escape capsule being used to rescue the 33 trapped miners.

For over 2 months, 33 miners have been trapped about half a mile underground...that's far! The 1st of the miners is expected to be rescued today (tues.) via this capsule-like machine...away from the camera flashes of the press. The Chilean government is taking this seriously and the miners' family members have camped in the area all this while. Kudos to the people of Chile and the miners for remaining calm for this long.
It made me wonder what the case would have been if 33 miners got trapped in some other countries (I won't call names..lol).