Are those people in the Chilean mine really going to get out alive?

Hopefully, yes.
They are currently getting food, water and medical supplies necessary to keep them alive.
I’m pretty positive about them being okay.

I agree with @rangerr. They have to be there for quite some time – 2 months maybe. But they’re getting supplies. Its going to be hard, but I have faith, and things are looking “good” so far!! I also have quite a few friends in Chile, and if these miners are anything like them, they’ll be just fine. Those Chileans have got the right attitude =)

Viva Chile

I understand, that the people in charge of them, are getting info. from experts about the survival and health of people on submarines and astronauts, in order to help the miners. I was never claustrophobic, until I had an MRI! I really feel for them. And that certainly is not comparable to what they are enduring. I question their ability to tolerate being a miner, after this. The idea of having to be pulled up SLOWLY through the NARROW passage they hope to drill, makes me CRINGE! They can’t venture far from the small enclosure, because of the danger of the mine’s instability. I’m glad they can see and talk to their families, get oxygen and medicine through the small passages they have made. I imagine these miners will have PTSD after this. It’s just a horrible disaster, in a lt of ways.

You know I really think they will!

I hope so because that would be a lot of lives lost if they didn’t get out alive.

They may be trapped until Christmas but they will be alive!

They are miners and most likely do not have the same claustrophobic fear we have. I heard somewhere that ~20% of patients have a reaction to being in an MRI machine. That is nothing compared with this.
I wonder how they will survive the 2300 ft ascension to the surface in a 22 inch bullet shaped capsule. How long will that take? 40 minutes? and hour? What if a rock falls and wedges the capsule? It gives me the shivers just thinking about it.

The survivors should be recruited to go on the Mars Mission.

Im Chilean and I can tell you they are in good health and it’s probably they’ll be out of there in about 2 months or so!!

Viva Chile!!

@skfinkel Never underestimate the will to survive the most harrowing of situations. Time and time again people in dire situations have survived, even though to the outside world all seemed bleak.

NASA is helping out