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Chilean miner Florencio Avalos, in tan shirt, embraces Chilean President Sebastian Pinera, seconds after coming out of the rescue capsule after being brought to the surface on Oct. 12, 2010 following a 10-week ordeal in the collapsed San Jose mine, near Copiapo, Chile.
Mariana Bazo / Reuters
Residents observe the rescue of the miners trapped in the San Jose mine, on a large screen in a public square in Copiapo, Tuesday night.
There are times when a story touches me deeply and reinforces my underlying belief in the goodness of people.
msnbc.com story: First of 33 trapped Chile miners reaches surface
"We made a promise to never surrender, and we kept it," Pinera said as he waited to greet the miners, whose endurance and unity captivated the world as Chile meticulously prepared their rescue.
Reuters
A computer screen shows a recorded image of Florencio Avalos, one of the 33 miners trapped in a deep underground copper and gold mine at Copiapo, 725 km (450 miles) north of Santiago, August 23, 2010. Chilean miners still alive 17 days after a cave-in were sent supplies of saline and glucose through a narrow drill hole on Monday, and rescuers
now face a months-long, half-mile dig to rescue them.
This is an incredible story, worth the read. The "four month wait" for rescue is strangely reminiscent of the recent Gulf Coast oil spill.
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