Editorial Cartoon

This cartoon is referring to the group of miners who have been trapped underground for several months as the result of a cave in.  The miners have survived this long thanks to the safe room that had been set up in the mine with enough provisions to keep them alive for the duration of their time underground.  The people above ground have been doing everything they can to dig the men out without causing further structural damage.  It has taken them this long to create a tunnel large enough for the men to go through.  The tunnel is supposedly only two feet wide, a very tight squeeze for the men trapped underground.  They have been communicating with the outside world through cameras and wires being fed into their enclosure.  Through the use of this technology, one miner was able to see the birth of his daughter even though his wife delivered the baby during his time underground.  As it seems the process of preparing their escape route is finally finished, hopefully the miners will all be able to come above ground for the first time in months sometime this week.

Stephane Peray