33 MINERS IN COPIAPO, CHILE ~ RESCUE AFTER 69 DAYS

33 MINERS TRAPPED IN THE SAN JOSE COPPER MINE IN COPIAPO, CHILE -------- 69 days entombed in the San Jose copper mine in the Atacama desert. No one in history has been trapped so long and survived. They were brought up one by one in a metal capsule, named the Phoenix 2, on a twisting journey along a 2,041ft shaft that had been drilled by rescuers. ----------- Florencio Avalos, 1st miner brought to the surfice Oct. 12, 2010 @ 12.11am (4.11am GMT) Alex Vega 10th Miner brought up to surfice Oct. 13, 2010 @ 7:03 Central time --- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/chile/8060689/Chile-mine-rescue-first-miners-brought-to-the-surface.html ----------------------------------- 1) A rescue worker walks past a banner with messages to trapped miners at the San Jose mine, Oct. 11, 2010 in Copiapo, Chile. (Nicolas Torres/LatinContent/Getty Images) ---------------------- 2) Relatives of the 33 miners trapped deep underground in a copper and gold mine react after the T 130 drilling machine completed an escape hole for the miners at San Jose mine near Copiapo City, Oct. 9, 2010. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)----------------- 3) A relative of the 33 miners trapped deep underground in a copper and gold mine reacts after the T 130 drilling machine completed an escape hole for the miners at San Jose mine near Copiapo City, Oct. 9, 2010. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)---------------- 4) Luis Acuna, brother of trapped miner Claudio Acuna, one of the 33 trapped miners, stands next to Chilean flags at the San Jose Mine, near Copiapo, Chile, Oct. 12, 2010. (Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo)------------ 5) Rescuers at work at the San Jose mine, Chile, Oct. 11, 2010. (MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images)-------------- 6) Maria Segovia, sister of trapped miner Dario Segovia, front left, embraces unidentified T-130 drill operators who helped make the hole that reached 33 trapped miners in the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Oct. 11, 2010. (Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo)------ 7) Rescue workers help as a colleague leaves a capsule after performing a dry run test for the eventual rescue of the 33 miners trapped at the San Jose mine, near Copiapo, Chile, Oct. 11, 2010. (Hugo Infante/Government of Chile/AP Photo )--------- http://abcnews.go.com/International/MindMoodNews/slideshow/trapped-chilean-miners-hours-rescue-11860016 ------------------------------ As of 1:05 pm Central time Oct. 13, 2010 - 18 of the 33 Miners have been rescued.. bringing 2 per hour back to the surface! ---------- SUCH WONDERFUL NEWS, AS THEY WERE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH THE MINERS UNTIL DEC, LET ALONE RESCUE THEM!! ------------ NOTE: BY 8 PM CENTRAL TIME - OCT. 13, 2010, ALL 33 MINERS HAVE BEEN RESCUED --------------------------- #1 pic of the flag with all the miners is named "THE ANGELS OF BICENTENNIAL" - That is what the miners are named, since Chile just celebrated their Bicentennial last month................. Tuckahoe1 ... 10-12-10 ...

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