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, Oct 13, 2010. [Xinhua]
The capsule that carries Florencio Avalos, the first of 33 miners underground, reaches surface at the San Jose mine in Copiapo Oct 12, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]
Video grab of rescue worker being welcomed by trapped miners as his rescue capsule reaches down to hoist trapped miners out at San Jose mine in Copiapo on Oct 12, 2010. [Xinhua]
Video grab of rescue worker Manuel Gonzalez being welcomed by trapped miners as his rescue capsule reaches down to hoist trapped miners out at San Jose mine in Copiapo on Oct 12, 2010. [China Daily/Agencies]
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera (C, looking down) stays with workers to start the rescue operation at the San Jose mine, in Copiapo, Chile, October 12, 2010. The operation to lift out the 33 miners trapped for over two months in northern Chile is under way, and the first miner is expected to surface shortly. [Xinhua]
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera (C, looking down) stays with workers to start the rescue operation at the San Jose mine, in Copiapo, Chile, October 12, 2010. The operation to lift out the 33 miners trapped for over two months in northern Chile is under way, and the first miner is expected to surface shortly. [Xinhua]
This video grab shows rescuers and technicians checking the Fenix capsule, before starting the rescue operation of the 33 trapped miners, at the San Jose mine, in Copiapo, Chile, October 12, 2010. [Xinhua]
This video grab shows the Fenix capsule used to lift up the 33 trapped miners, before starting the rescue operation at the San Jose mine, in Copiapo, Chile, October 12, 2010. [Xinhua]
In this image released by the government of Chile, Minister of Health Jaime Mañalich (C) oversees final details of the capsule Phoenix 2 that will be used to rescue the 33 trapped miners at the San Jose copper mine, in northern Chile, on Oct. 12, 2010. [Xinhua/Government of Chile]
This video grab shows the capsule that will carry the trapped miners to safety is brought into position at the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Oct. 12, 2010. The operation to lift out the 33 miners trapped for over two months in northern Chile is under way right now, and the first miner is expected to surface shortly. [Xinhua]
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera (C, looking down) walks with workers to visit the area where the operation to rescue the 33 trapped miners is being prepared, at the San Jose mine in Copiapo Oct 12, 2010. [China Daily/Agencies]
Relatives of trapped miners spend time together before the start of the rescue operation in Copiapo Oct 12, 2010. [China Daily/Agencies]
Local and foreign journalists work under shades as the hour to begin the rescue of the trapped miners approaches at the San Jose mine, in Copiapo Oct 12, 2010. [China Daily/Agencies]
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera (red jacket) and his wife Cecilia Morel give a press conference before the start of the operation to rescue the 33 trapped miners at the San Jose mine in Copiapo Oct 12, 2010. [China Daily/Agencies]
Rescuers successfully tested a capsule to hoist Chile’s 33 trapped miners to freedom and aim to start evacuating them on October 12 night after a two-month ordeal that has gripped the world’s imagination. [Xinhua]
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