Chapter 3The Impact of Results Delivery
In August 2010, a major section of the San José copper mine collapsed, trapping thirty-three miners 2,300 feet underground. Chile's president summoned André Sougarret and put him in charge of the rescue operation.
Realizing that nobody had ever drilled that far to rescue trapped miners, André effectively compartmentalized his mind. He could not afford to contemplate the full scale of what he was trying to achieve—and that it had never been done before.
For those trapped below, he focused on the singular task of getting to the men rather than consider their potential fate. He began by taking control of the site. He sent home some of the companies already working away at the surface, as well as the rescue ...
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