|
Exactly. And if one of those officials had spoken to a reporter as soon as they found out this incorrect information was being aired and said it wasn't confirmed ... well, it still wouldn't have been good, but it wouldn't have been quite as bad.
Cell phones played a big part, too. Once people inside the church started getting calls saying all the miners were alive, the "news" took on a life of its own.
Something I found very interesting between the apparently wonderful news and the tragic news was that some of the reporters made some comments about how it was strange that no press conference had been held and that only one ambulance had sped by them. So those on the scene were starting to feel uneasy. CNN interviewed the doctor via phone at the hospital that treated the survivor, and she found it strange that no other patients had arrived. The hospital had been told to expect 12 miners and had the necessary medical staff ready and waiting. Right then, I thought, "Uh-oh." I thought maybe some of them hadn't survived after all, but I never imagined all 11 were gone.
|
Threaded Mode