Chile Miners

Latest News Update About Chile Miners: Chilean Mining Minister Laurence Golborne revealed yesterday that he was extremely happy that the 33 trapped minors where spending their last night together after being confined for 68 days half a mile below ground in a desert in northern Chile- and by the impressive number of journalists on the ground- it looks like the whole world is happy to see these men’s terrible ordeal come to an end.One after another, the 33 miners who had been trapped for 69 days in a Chilean gold and copper mine emerged Wednesday from their subterranean hell.
So far, 15 miners have been rescued, including the youngest and oldest survivors.
“Gracias, gracias,” said No. 15, Victor Segovia, as he hugged Chilean President Sebastian Pinera and the rescue workers.
Segovia’s celebration was muted compared to the jubilant display of joy staged by 39-year-old Mario Sepulveda, the second miner to be rescued.

Punching the air and handing out souvenir rocks to laughing rescue workers, Sepulveda instantly became the poster boy for Chilean pluck – and injected a huge dose of national pride to the joy sweeping across the country.The national newspaper El Mercurio dubbed him, “Super Mario.”"I think I had extraordinary luck,” Sepulveda, wearing sunglasses to protect his eyes, told reporters later. “I was with God and with the devil, and I reached out for God.”

Nobody has survived underground as long as these men and their tearful reunions with loved ones on the surface sparked celebration after celebration.

The party began just after midnight when the first rescued miner, 31-year-old Florencio Avalos, stepped out of the torpedo-shaped capsule after making the 2,000 foot trek through the darkness and out of the abyss.

Dressed in moisture-resistent green coveralls and wearing sunglasses and an oxygen mask, Avalos was embraced by a throng of jubilant rescuers and a beaming Pinera.

His tearful wife and one of his sons, both wearing hard hats, hugged and kissed him as he tasted the fresh air of freedom for the first time in 69 days.

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