Trapped Inside the Chilean Mine Collapse! Allen, Tanya BCOM/275 6 March 2012 Professor Polokoff In this paper will be discussed the Chilean Mine Collapse. “On August 5, 2010, a small copper operation in northern Chile owned by Minera San Esteban Primera, suffered a cave-in, leaving about 30 workers trapped underground” (Weik). The workers have been trapped for weeks prior to anyone discovering that everyone was alive and needed assistance. The workers are trapped at a depth of around 300 meters
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Chilean Copper Mine Collapse The Chilean mine collapse in which over 30 workers were trapped in Northern Chile is an example where knowing your audience is important when you have to pass the information of the collapse. The incident in question (Weik, 2010), “San José mine, a small copper operation in northern Chile owned by Minera San Esteban Primera, suffered a cave-in on August 5, leaving 33 workers trapped underground. Rescuers are drilling holes in an attempt to locate the workers, but there
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Chilean Copper Mine Collapse Chilean Copper Mine Collapse On August 5, 2010, a Chilean copper mine collapsed in San Jose, North Chile, trapping 33 workers underground. It was not until 17 days later that rescuers discovered that all of the trapped men were still alive. The Chilean government took over day one and brought in oilrig trucks to dig ½ mile down to the trapped miners. The oilrigs drilled a 26 in wide hole in which they sent a cage down to the miners. Rescuers needed to care for the
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News Article Paper This article is about Prince Harry. He allegedly took nude photographs in Las Vegas during a trip. This article is discussing what happened during his trip, and whether he will be reprimanded once he returns home. He is the prince of England, and also a captain in the British Army Air Corps. There are a lot of speculations made in the article. Author’s Position The author’s position in this article is one of assumptions. He seems to be trying to make it seem as though
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Chilean Copper Mine Collapse Chilean Copper Mine Collapse A small copper mine in San Jose, located in north Chile, collapsed trapping workers underground. The mine collapsed on August 5th, trapping 33 workers in the mine. The coverage of this mine collapse came two long weeks after the traumatic event. Initially the incident did not catch any news worthy attention. Mine collapses are pretty common but the accident finally caught the interest of an editor, and then it went viral from
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Retribution: Should the death penalty be used for retribution? Retribution in the criminal justice system refers to the idea that offenders should be punished for committing crimes when they freely violate existing social rules. Retribution would not support punishing someone who does no exercise free will or was forced to commit a crime, i.e., a gunman compiles a victim to steal money. One example of retribution involves the notion of an eye, which demonstrates that punishment of
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Chilean Copper Mine Collapse: news release to family 1 Andrey Maas BCOM/275 January 30, 2013 Toya Belgin Chilean Copper Mine Collapse: news release to family 2 We come before you today humbled
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Chilean Copper Mine Collapse Rhonda Jenkins BCOM/275 09/03/2012 Charles Cattermole Chilean Copper Mine Collapse The news of a devastating accident is not easy to prepare or communicate to anyone involved. Being the bearer of bad news is never easy. The way in which the news is delivered, and what must be done before and after the news is relayed is also important. The needs of the employees are different than the needs of the family members of those men who were trapped in the mine. It
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Chilean Copper Mine Collapse Pat Jones BCOM/275 Ronald Baker When dealing with a natural tragedy like the Chilean Copper Mine Collapse there are a lot of factors that need to be taken into consideration when dealing with mishaps like this. There are legal factors that need to be considered first before the company can outreach to anyone. The first release will be the one to the families and internal staff of the mining company. The second will be the statement made to the
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mining accident, also known then as the "Chilean mining accident", began in the afternoon of Thursday, 5 August 2010 as a significant cave-in at the troubled 121-year-old San José copper–gold mine. The mine is located deep in the Atacama Desert, one of the driest and harshest regions on earth, about 45 kilometers (28 mi) north of the regional capital of Copiapó, in northern Chile, South America.[1] The buried men, who became known as "Los 33" ("The 33"), were trapped 700 meters (2,300 ft) underground
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