智利礦災救難英雄

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http://news.chinatimes.com/world/0,5246,50404692x132010101800488,00.html
2010-10-18 新聞速報 【中廣新聞／夏明珠】

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智利上個禮拜在全世界的面前，完美的演出了一場世界級的礦災救生，33名
礦工在受困69天之後獲救，得歸功於幾百個救難人員不眠不休的努力，這場人定
勝天的奇蹟，具備了好萊塢電影所有賣座的元素，搬上大銀幕是遲早的事，未來
拍電影，如果要選一個最佳男主角，應該是非救援團隊的指揮官索加瑞莫屬。

礦災發生三天後，智利總統品尼拉欽點索加瑞統籌救難任務，一開始，索加瑞
有點猶豫，別的不談，當時，他們就連礦工是否還活著，都不知道，萬一他們忙
半天，發現礦工都已經罹難，大家很可能會怪在他們頭上，罵他們不夠賣力或動
作太慢。

還好，他擔心的事情沒有發生，經過十七天搜尋與探測，他們發現礦工們都還
活著，坑底聯繫地面的生命線建立起來，礦工們都喊索加瑞老闆。他率領這項史
無前例的任務，礦業史上，從不曾有過那麼深入地底的救難行動，更難的是，礦
坑範圍那麼大，一開始，他們根本不知道礦工困在哪裡。

從一開始的毫無頭緒，到最終圓滿的結局，索加瑞始終胸有成足，救援行動終
了，最後一個出坑的礦工領班烏茲瓦說，像他這樣的人，在智利，有錢也請不
到。

索加瑞在接受美聯社訪問的時候，敘述他如何組成專家團隊，面對可能是他畢
生最艱難的挑戰，有系統的解決問題。

索加瑞是全世界最有生產力的礦場經營者、也就是智利國營銅礦公司總裁，向
智利總統品尼拉舉薦，他是一個工程師，專長於技術整合，他頭腦冷靜，抗壓性
強。

他說，救難過程中，他試著不讓自己把太多注意力放在地底下那些受困礦工的
身上，他不允許自己去想礦工們究竟發生了甚麼，因為那只會讓他更心煩意亂。


他告訴自己，礦災是怎麼發生的，礦工們究竟是死是活，都不是他造成的，他
的責任就只是找到他們受困的地方，想辦法做條通道，無論死活，把人給弄出來。

在與品尼拉總統見面之後，索加瑞立刻啟程，搭飛機前往在沙漠中的礦災現
場，礦場上擠滿了人，救難人員、消防人員、警察、志工以及礦工親屬，每一張
臉都茫然失措，索加瑞溫和但是堅定的下了第一道命令，他要求救難人員先離開，
因為當下無人可救。

然後他要求礦場把所有礦坑的地圖都拿出來，同時開始組織搜救團隊，他第一
個徵召的是國營銅礦公司的風險控管經理，接下來幾個禮拜，兩人的團隊逐漸擴
大，依照分工與作業需要，增加到三百多人。他們做的第一件事，就是乘坐卡車，
下坑勘查，大家都知道礦坑塌了，但是它是怎麼個塌法，看了才知道，下了礦坑，
他們觸目所及，就是一堆巨大的石頭，像墓碑似的，把坑道死死的堵住。就好像
電梯停在兩層樓的中間，水泥牆擋在門口，八百公尺深的坑道，不得其門而出。

稍後，他們判斷崩塌點大概是在355公尺深的地方，差不多剛好是在坑道的中
間部位，坍落的石塊，估計有七十公噸。如果從塌陷的坑道鑽鑿，有可能引發二
度坍塌，壓死下方可能存留的縫隙，扼殺礦工或許還有的一線生機。

於是，他們決定另起爐灶，挖一條新的豎井，他們找來了礦災發生前，剛剛交
班、最後三個出坑的礦工，了解當天班務，研判工人可能工作的地點，以及坑底
儲水、儲糧、通風等狀況。在評估該從哪裡挖掘豎井時，地圖的輔助不可或缺，
但是那座已經有一百多年的礦場，坑道早就被挖得像蜂窩一般，千瘡百孔，以前
的地圖，僅供參考。

The Man Behind The Rescue Of The Chilean Miners
VIVIAN SEQUERA 10/15/10

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — Three days after 33 men were sealed
deep within a gold mine, Andre Sougarret was summoned by
Chile's president.

The Chilean leader got right to the point: The square-jawed,
straight-talking engineer would be in charge of digging them out.


At first Sougarret worried – no one knew if the miners were alive,
and the pressure was on to reach them. And he knew he would be
blamed if the men were found dead "because we didn't reach them
or the work was too slow."

But eventually, contact was made, the work was on, and the
miners below were calling him "boss."

The mission was unprecedented. No one had ever drilled so far to
reach trapped miners. No one knew where to find them.

From the first confusing days to this week's glorious finale, the 46-
year-old Sougarret was the man with the answers.

And at the end, the last miner to reach the surface, shift foreman
Luis Urzua, would tell him: "People like you are worth a lot of money
in Chile."

Sougarret's management of the crisis was so successful that nearly
all the rescued miners walked out of the hospital Friday perfectly
healthy. While a handful left through one door into a news media
storm, most of the others were secreted away through a side
entrance to be taken home, hospital officials said. Two of the
miners required more attention and were transferred to other
hospitals.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Sougarret told how he
assembled a team of experts and methodically worked the problem
that would become the biggest challenge of his life.

Details:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/15/chile-miners-do-not-discl_n_763800.html

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Taipei, Oct. 16 (CNA)

A Taiwanese company whose surveillance and communications
equipment played a vital role in the Chilean mine rescue effort said
Saturday it was not surprised to see its products used to stay in
contact with the trapped miners.

Christine Hsu, vice president of Planet Technology Corp., said in a
telephone interview with the Central News Agency that it was the
first time the company's IP Camera, an Internet-based device that
allows video and voice communications, had been used in a rescue
operation.

"Our product has never been used this situation before. It is not
one of the purposes for which we designed this product," she said.

"But we were not surprised when our agent in Chile told us that
they planned to use it because our camera is humidity-resistant,
dust-proof, water-proof and impact-resistant," she added.

The company has been active in Central and South America since
1995.

The camera, which was connected to a fiber optic line that ensured
video communications between 33 miners trapped 624 meters
underground and rescuers, transmitted the first video image to the
world showing that the miners were still alive in late August.

"The camera was very user-friendly, and this was very important
for this case because no one could go down and teach the miners
how to use the device," Hsu said.

The participation of the company's equipment in the unprecedented
rescue was not made public until mid-October when the miners
were lifted from the mine shaft and after other international
brands' had drawn attention for their involvement in the operation.

Among them were Oakley's contribution of sunglasses to protect
the miners' eyes and Apple's presentation of an iPod touch to the
survivors as a gift.

Some marketers may have felt Planet Technology missed an
opportunity to promote itself -- and Taiwan -- by not promoting its
gear earlier in the process, and Tseng Han-son, deputy head of
the semi-official Taiwan External Trade Development Council's
(TAITRA) Strategic Marketing Department agreed.

"When encountering a situation like this, if Taiwanese companies
understood branding better, then they would have immediately
sent out the message in various ways," he said, stressing that
timing is a key factor in raising brand awareness.

Companies with big brands would not have missed such an opportunity,
Tseng argued.

Hsu, however, said that the company was focused more on
whether the rescue operation would end successfully than on
promoting its brand, and it therefore made the announcement
after all of the miners were saved.

She noted that media in Chile also reported on the company's
camera during the rescue mission, which she believed will further
boost confidence in the company's brand among clients theres.
(By Alex Jiang)

http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?ID=201010160015&Type=aECO

[Olivia Hsu]

HI, where can i buy apexis ip camera