Fill in the Blanks The Chilean Miners.Online version Complete the text with the verbs in the past simple. by Claire Manners 1 worked did drilled were were travelled waited were talked was arrived were arrived watched waited were waited was had Mine Rescue in Chile . One day in 2010 there was an accident in a mine near Copiapó in Chile . 33 miners underground at the time . Many people sure the men dead . For 17 days their families and friends . Suddenly on Day 17 , a note from the mine . It from the men and they OK . They in a refuge and they food and water . They to stay calm . They not panic . >Then workers down to the miners for many weeks . People around the world and . Finally , after 69 days , one by one the miners to the surface . The first miner at the surface at night . The miners and their families to reporters . The last man out the boss . In the end they all saved .