Trapped is a book written by Marc Aronson. In August 2010, the unbearable happened when a mine collapsed in  Chile, trapping thirty-three miners 2,000 feet below the surface of the Chilean desert. For  around 2 and a half months, they lived on meager rations with the air quality worsening at the day crawls by. When they were finally rescued, the world watched the amazing determination and spirit of the miners. What would have been a terrible tragedy became an amazing story of hope and survival.

In the book Trapped, the theme”Hope” plays a massive role in the camp where the families live, the engineers and experts trying to rescue the miners, and the miners themselves.

As I read the book, I noticed that a one of the central idea is that difficult times brings people together. There were lots of stories of the families of those miners that have been closer after the disaster happened. Some of the examples being one of the miners marrying right after he got out of the mine and the miners taking a look at themselves and deciding to be a better husband and a better father and a better person.

In Trapped, the author mainly tells us the backstory behind the rescue. By telling us the psychological, physical, and environmental factors surrounding the mission, the author highlights the amazing technology and helping hands that made it all possible. From Pele and Maradona that helped to raise morale, to NASA and their experts coming up with a plan, there was an abundance of people and groups that tries to help the miners and their families in their own ways.