Mario Sepulveda

BIOGRAPHY OF MARIO SEPÚLVEDA

Presentation made by: Hodei Martínez

INDEX

› First stage

› New experiences

› His family› His work in the mine

He was born on October 4, 1970

› Was born in Parral (Chile)

› His mother died in childbirth. Then his grandmother took care of him and his sisters.

› His mother died in childbirth. Then his grandmother took care of him and his sisters.

In search of new experiences

› Then he continued traveling through southern Chile in bad conditions, with cold, hunger...

› When his grandmother died, Mario traveled to southern Chile, where he spent two years working in the farm.

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His family

› Mario was 18 years old when traveled to Santiago in search of work. There he met his wife, Elvira Valdivia, with whom he had two children.

› His wife’s father worked at the mine, so Mario got to work with him.

His work in the mine

› Mario experienced the accident at the mine of San Jose in 2010. He was working at a depth of 700 meters for 69 days, where he spent moments of fear, hunger, darkness, anguish...

› He spent sixteen years working in the mine, enduring hards conditions and training, Mario became a heavy machinery operator.

The country celebrates the rescue of the workers, trapped in the San José mine since August 5. - The 22-hour operation worked like clockwork. - The last to leave, Chief Urzúa, reached the surface at 21.55 local time (2.55 on Thursday in the Spanish peninsula). - "Chile is now more respected in the whole world", underlines President Piñera

Chile moves the world with the rescue of 33 miners

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Hodei Martínez