Chilean miners rescue

• Rescue operation begins to free 33 trapped Chilean miners
• Relief after men spend 68 days 700m underground

David Blaine, the American media whore and endurance artist has vowed that when the last Chilian miner reaches the surface, he will decend to their recently vacated underground prison. He claims that he will stay there for 100 days in a daring feat of endurance ...... only coming up twice in every 24 hour period to use the bathroom, and to cash his cheques.

On November 27, 2000, Blaine began a stunt called "Frozen in Time", which was covered on a TV special. Blaine stood encased in a massive block of ice located in Times Square, New York City. He was lightly dressed and seen to be shivering even before the blocks of ice were sealed around him. A tube supplied him with air and water while his urine was removed with another tube. He was encased in the box of ice for 63 hours, 42 minutes and 15 seconds before being removed with chain saws. In the early hours of January 1, 2010, Blaine's record set during "Frozen in Time" was broken by Israeli entertainer Hezi Dayan; who spent 64 hours in a block of ice.

On September 5, 2003, Blaine began his 44-day endurance stunt sealed inside a transparent Plexiglas case suspended 9 metres (30 ft) in the air next to Potters Fields Park on the south bank of the River Thames, the area between City Hall and Tower Bridge in London. The case, measuring 3 feet (0.9 m) by 7 feet (2.1 m) by 7 feet (2.1 m), had a webcam installed so that viewers could observe his progress. During the 44-day period, Blaine went without any food or nutrients and survived on just 4.5 liters of water per day. In 1980, seven Irish Republican prisoners participated in their first hunger strike, which ended after 53 days, a feat not equaled by Blaine.

David Blaine somewhere outside Reno

David Blaine says he will walk from his home in NY to the Chilian town of Copiapó [if someone will pay him money to do so] and will attempt to beat the Chilian miners record live on national TV.

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In a related story ....... Roy Hodgson, the manager of Liverpool FC is flying out to South America today to ask survivors of the Chilian mining disaster for any tips they might have about getting out of a hole they dug themselves into.