captivated

i have been completely captivated by the news these past couple days.  i can't stop watching and reading about the chilean miners who have been trapped underground.  68/69 days!  i can't even imagine!  i've been reading non-stop.  whatever i can find.  i am so interested.  my class is too.  yesterday we streamed the rescue videos live into our classroom and watched as we worked.  we watched the second and third men being rescued in the morning and then they were hooked.  we kept it up all day.  this morning myself and a couple of my kids were able to watch the last miner being rescued.  what a moment!  one that won't be forgotten for a long time.  that's for sure.  

my favourite story that i read about all of this what that on the day of the collapse, two of the men were driving in the mine shaft in a truck when a white butterfly flew by.  they say that they stopped to watch the butterfly, wondering how it had gotten so far into the shaft.  as they stopped and watched, the road ahead of them collapsed!  they credit the butterfly for saving their lives!  doesn't that just give you the goose bumps?!  AH!  

anyway, here are some of my favourite pictures that i've come across in my reading.  just imagine what these people and their families have gone through over the past two months.  the uncertainty.  there are so many emotions...ups and downs...what a ride.  i'm so happy that everyone is safe and sound and in the arms of the people they love.