Chalk Up Another One For the Engineers

No miracles, no magic, no gods; just Science, Technology and Human Ingenuity and Resilience.

And a little luck.

So go ahead, wallow in the articles and photographs and videos that forced sobs out of even mean ol' cynical me.

Then take a deep breath, and consider this from Heather at Crooks and Liars:

It's too bad our media isn't taking this opportunity to talk about mining safety instead of just focusing on the fact that it was something akin to a miracle that these workers have survived this ordeal.

No, not a miracle, but apparently a circus entertaining enough to allow the mine operators to escape punishment for nearly killing 33 men.

In the Herald, Kentucky miners and mine safety advocates discuss the Chilean rescue and what it means.