Trapped Miners in Chile Prepare for Book, Movie Deals
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Chile’s 33 trapped miners are preparing to swap their underground shelter for the international spotlight as offers from media and moviemakers are set to match their current annual wages.
Chile’s government has trained the men on handling the media frenzy after they’re pulled out from today. Classes were conducted over phone lines threaded through drill holes almost half a mile underground where they’ve been stranded since Aug. 5 when a tunnel caved in at the San Jose copper and gold mine.