Wednesday, October 13, 2010

American Made

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Rescue in Chile


Brandon Fisher, left, president of Center Rock Inc., the Pennsylvania company whose hammer-style drill heads created the hole that reached the 33 trapped miners, addresses the press with colleague Richard Soppe on Sunday at the San Jose mine in Chile.

They knew the drill
A small Berlin, Pa., company took particular pride in the Chile miners' rescue on Wednesday.

The 2,000-foot rescue hole was bored by a drill made by Center Rock Inc. of Berlin, Pa., where workers paused occasionally in their daily routines to follow computer news feeds. Lunch was brought in to help them celebrate.

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