The 33 (film) The 33 (film) The 33 () is a 2015 English-language American-Chilean biographical disaster-survival drama film directed by Patricia Riggen and written by Mikko Alanne, Craig Borten and José Rivera. The film is based on the real events of the 2010 mining disaster, in which a group of thirty-three miners were trapped inside the San José Mine in Chile for more than two months. The film stars Antonio Banderas as trapped miner Mario Sepúlveda. Dozens of people from Copiapó, Chile, work in the San José mine. The owner ignores the warnings of the failing stability of the mine, which collapses a
Pabst Mine disaster rescue made newspaper headlines across the country. Residents of the area have established an organization to advocate for the establishment of a Miners Memorial Heritage Park. This organization continues to honor the memory of the mine disaster. Pabst Mine disaster The Pabst Mine disaster was an incident that occurred on September 24, 1926 at the Pabst Iron Mine in Ironwood, Michigan, when a mine shaft containing 46 iron ore miners unexpectedly collapsed. Three miners were killed in the initial collapse, while 43 survivors were left trapped for 129 hours. The subsequent rescue of the trapped miners, with the last miner