Spontaneous Osteonecrosis of the Knee - SONK. Also known as: Ahlbackâs disease. A condition of unknown aetiology characterized by the development of an area of osteonecrosis on the weight-bearing surface of the medial femoral condyle.
Friday 8 November 2013 09.16 EST First published on Friday 8 November 2013 09.16 EST. When 33 Chilean miners were hauled to the surface after 69 days trapped in a collapsed copper mine in 2010, more than a billion people around the world tuned in to watch as the rescue was broadcast live on television.
Miner Claudio Yanez applauds as he is carried away on a stretcher after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose mine where he had been trapped with 32 other miners for over two months in 2010 near Copiapo, Chile.