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Thoughts? Folks are sitting around the country talking about the lack of effort. Talking about the group from Chile. The shaft this guy fell into was around 200 ft deep and 100 years old, if there ever was any support for the thing , it is gone by now. I've seen the emergency folks in action a few times, I think if there was any hope, they would still be after the guy.
Well you don't wanna create another rescue situation when you are trying to rescue someone. I think they did all they could.
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An attempt Thursday caused walls of the 100-plus-year-old shaft to crumble and rocks to fall on rescuers, he said.
"One individual was hit in the head by falling rock and it split his hard hat," Sanchez said. "You're talking about two of the best search and rescue squads in Nevada, and they finally determined there was no way they could safely rappel down."
I remember watching I think Dirty jobs and they were going back and putting some kind of foam into the openings that would seal the mines off. There are thousands of these things out west. Just not to long ago a guy road a 4 wheeler into one. They said he was just riding and disappeared.
Quote from his grandmother about not attempting a recovery.
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"The family feels that if Jesus Christ was buried in a tomb, it's good enough for Devin," his grandmother, Lois Westenskow of Layton, Utah, told The Associated Press
Yeah, this is a very sad thing that happened and I do agree that that the rescuers did all they could for him.