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Chilean Miner Admits in ‘60 Minutes’ Interview: We Considered Suicide

It‘s an eerie picture of what goes through one’s mind when death seems imminent.

In an interview that airs Sunday on “60 Minutes,” one of the rescued Chilean miners from October admits the group contemplated suicide. According to him, there was discussion of starting an engine below ground and asphyxiating the group:

“I said to a friend, ‘Well, if we are going to continue suffering, it would be better for us to all go to the refuge, start an engine and with the carbon monoxide, just let ourselves go,’” Zamora, one of the workers interviewed, told Bob Simon.

The miners, you might remember, spent over two months trapped beneath the earth.

Watch the full “60 Minutes” interview Sunday at 7 pm ET on CBS.

Comments (15)

  • nelan72
    Posted on February 11, 2011 at 4:10pm

    They voted and thowing themselves down a mine was out of the picture.

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  • outpost13
    Posted on February 11, 2011 at 2:34pm

    WOW still milking the story.

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  • Pugfriend
    Posted on February 11, 2011 at 12:46pm

    Don’t forget that we the people..aka nasa…helped save the miners!

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  • catndahat
    Posted on February 11, 2011 at 8:56am

    60 Minutes bites…but I admire those miners. Miners do very hard work and risk their lives almost every day.

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  • Bluefish49
    Posted on February 11, 2011 at 8:48am

    Ok lets see….I’m trapped underground with little or no food, toilet, light and see no hope and I consider suicide….this earth shattering news from the show that is going to air a “Lady Gaga” interview before the Grammy’s. I have watched 60 Minutes for the last time.

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on February 11, 2011 at 8:04am

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    When, Pedro started looking like my Juanita. I knew the end was near…………

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on February 11, 2011 at 8:02am

    Thanks to a greedy, capitalist American company. nobody had to commit suicide.

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  • RepubliCorp
    Posted on February 11, 2011 at 8:01am

    With O’caterCare no-one dies

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on February 11, 2011 at 7:53am

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    Oh the Drama…….

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    • SpankDaMonkey
      Posted on February 11, 2011 at 8:24am

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      Is it just me or is there Censorship run amock here on The Blaze. Anyone else notice this trend over the last couple of days?

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on February 11, 2011 at 8:42am

      What does “immanent” mean? (imminent)

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on February 11, 2011 at 8:45am

      @Spankdamonkey

      I could not imagine being trapped in a living death like those miners, the ultimate nightmare come to life for anyone in the world.

      As to the censorship claim, I have to guess that in part it comes from a counterfeiter having run amok on the sight about a month or more ago. They kept imitating several of the screen names of the people here and making false postings – my screen name among them. The Blaze staff was on top of it once people started reporting the false posts and security most likely has tightened up since that time.

      So, extra censorship? Not likely, more likely it is extra security placed upon the sight.

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    • brntout
      Posted on February 11, 2011 at 9:07am

      That’s pretty insensitive on your part.Just how would you have reacted in their place?

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