In this photo released by the Government of Chile, miner Omar Reygadas Rojas, holds a Bible after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine, near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Reygadas was the seventeenth of 33 miners rescued from the mine after more than 2 months trapped underground. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Government of Chile) |
Trapped miner Omar Reygadas (in green) embraces his son after reaching the surface to become the 17th to be rescued from the San Jose mine in Copiapo October 13, 2010. Seventeen of 33 trapped miners have been rescued from the gold and copper mine in Chile's northern Atacama desert in a painstaking operation still under way. REUTERS/Hugo Infante/Government of Chile/Handout |
In this photo released by the Government of Chile, miner Daniel Herrera Campos embraces his mother after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine, near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Herrera was the sixteenth of 33 miners rescued from the mine after more than 2 months trapped underground. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Government of Chile) |
Trapped miner Victor Segovia (C) reaches the surface to become the 15th to be rescued from the San Jose mine in Copiapo October 13, 2010. Sixteen of Chile's 33 trapped miners were hoisted to safety in a cramped rescue capsule on Wednesday, punching the air and hugging their families in a triumphant end to their two-month ordeal. REUTERS/Hugo Infante/Government of Chile/Handout |
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In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Carlos Barrios waves to the crowd while emerging from the capsule that brought him to the surface from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Barrios is the thirteenth of 33 miners who was rescued after more than 2 months trapped underground. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government) |
In this photo released by the Chilean government, Edison Pena, gestures as he is carried on a stretcher after being rescued at the San Jose mine, near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Pena was the twelfth of 33 miners rescued from the San Jose mine after more than 2 months trapped underground. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government) |
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In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Alex Vega gestures after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he had been trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government) |
Roxana Gomez, left, daughter of miner Mario Gomez, is comforted by Maria Segovia, sister of trapped miner Dario Segovia, as they watch on TV Gomez's rescue from the collapsed San Jose mine at the camp outside the mine near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010. Thirty-three miners became trapped when the gold and copper mine collapsed on Aug. 5. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) |
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In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Claudio Yanez applauds as he is carried away in a stretcher after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he had been trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, early Wed Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government) |
(AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government) |
Alfonso Avalos (right) father of Chilean miner Florencio Avalos and Wilson Avalos brother of Florencio embrace each other after Florencio was brought to the surface from the collapsed San Jose mine, near Copiapo. Rescue workers in Chile by had lifted to safety nearly a third of the 33 miners trapped deep underground, in an historic and complex operation carried off without a hitch. (AFP/Hector Retamal) |