Wednesday, October 13, 2010

The 33 trapped miners rescue

Chilean miner Florencio Avalos is embraced by President Sebastian Pinera
Chilean miner Florencio Avalos is embraced by President Sebastian Pinera after he reached the surface as the first of the 33 trapped miners to be hoisted to safety, at the San Jose mine in Copiapo
Miner Jimmy Sanchez is helped out of the capsule after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine
Miner Jimmy Sanchez is helped out of the capsule after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine 
Mario Sepulveda celebrates with rescue workers after becoming the second miner to reach the surface at the San Jose mine in Copiapo October 13, 2010. Chile's 33 trapped miners are set to travel nearly half a mile through solid rock in a shaft just wider than a man's shoulders on Tuesday night, as their two month ordeal after a cave-in draws to an end.
Mario Sepulveda celebrates with rescue workers after becoming the second miner to reach the surface at the San Jose mine in Copiapo 

Juan Andres Illanes Palma, third miner to be rescued
Rescued miner Juan Andres Illanes Palma, third miner to be rescued, salutes at his arrival to the surface from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile

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