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Originally posted by AOIIBrandi
The "miscommunication" thing was awful, but it also did not come to them via a reliable source of communication.
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Exactly. Did you ever play the game where fifteen or so people sit in a circle and the first one whispers a comment to someone, who whispers it to the next person, etc.? By the time it gets back to the person who started it, the comment isn't generally even close to how it originated.
I'm
not saying this is what happened, but consider this senario:
Rescuer: "We've found them. We're checking
for vital signs!
Base: "They've found them and are checking
vital signs."
Company person: "They've found them and are checking
their vital signs. They must be alive!"
Local cop who wants to be a hero: "I heard a
company person say 'They must be alive.'"
Media Person: "We're getting
reports from a local
law enforcement officer that the miners have been found and
may be alive."
Listener, viewer or relative: "They're Alive!"
So, who is to blame? In the end, probably everyone but the rescuer who is risking his butt down in the mine -- but nobody has miscommunicated on purpose. They all heard it from what they feel is a legitimate source.
It's tragic, but is there any single person to blame?
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