Success! All 33 Chilean Miners Rescued

At the end of the day, we watched and discussed the recent success story of the 33 Chilean miners who were rescued out of a collapsed mine. After discussing the story, I thought it was interesting to hear some of the questions and thoughts that the 5th graders shared. Here is some of what they shared in their writing:

That's cool how they thought of using the elevator to bring them up. They should've brung like three people up at a time. Why did it take them so long to bring the miners up?
                                                -Dwan
I wonder what they were doing down there?
                                                -Vincent
Did it hurt when they go on the chair to take them up?
                                                -Rut
How did they know how to work together?
                                                -Victor
How many days or hours did it take to get all the 33 people that were in there out?
                                                -Jasmin
How did they protect their selves? What was the temperature?
                                                -Karla
I bet their families, were worried, scared, and sad. How did they know where the miners exactly were?
                                                -Hawa
Why were there only men?
                                                -Miguel
How did they come up with big machines to get people out? How did the people send papers about how they were trapped?
                                                -Mariana
There were more people than our classroom! What was their plan to get them out?
                                                -Yasmin
Connection- There was a dog who got stuck underground and the dog was there for like three days.
                                                -David

Any additional questions or thoughts?