Chilean miners rescued

Photos of miners rescued from the San Jose Mine and their relatives near Copiapo, Chile, on Tuesday, Oct. 12, and Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010.

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Wed., Oct. 13, 2010

Relatives of trapped Bolivian miner Carlos Mamani Solis react while watching his rescue on a TV screen at the camp outside the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, early Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010.

Natacha Pisarenko Associated Press
In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Juan Illanes is carried away on a stretcher after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine early Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010.

Hugo Infante Government Of Chile
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.

Hugo Infante Government Of Chile
Relatives and friends of miner Carlos Barrios react while watching on a TV screen the rescue operation at the camp outside the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010.

Natacha Pisarenko Associated Press
Rescued miner Mario Gomez gestures as he arrives to the hospital of Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010.

Dario Lopez-Mills Associated Press
Roxana Gomez, daughter of miner Mario Gomez, cries as she watches on a TV screen the rescue of her father at the camp for relatives outside the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010.

Natacha Pisarenko Associated Press
Miner Mario Gomez, left, gestures as he meets his wife for the first time 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.

Hugo Infante Government Of Chile
People celebrate as they watch on TV the first miner to be rescued, Florencio Avalos, emerging safely to the surface at the San Jose mine in a rescue capsule in Copiapo, Chile, early Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010.

Dario Lopez-Mills Associated Press
Bolivia's President Evo Morales, rear right, greets miner Victor Zamora Bugueno after his rescue operation from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine next to Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, rear left, near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010.
This combination of undated photographs released by Diario Atacama shows the 33 miners who have been trapped alive in the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, since it collapsed on Aug. 5, 2010.
Miner Samuel Avalos greets his wife, Ruth Guzman, after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010.

Hugo Infante Government Of Chile
Nurses working at the hospital where rescued miners are receiving medical check ups watch more men arrive in Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010.

Dario Lopez-Mills Associated Press
Rescued miner Victor Segovia arrives at the hospital in Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010. Segovia was the fifteenth of 33 trapped miners to be rescued from the collapsed San Jose mine.

Dario Lopez-Mills Associated Press
Miner Renan Avalos Silva, center, makes the victory sign after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Avalos was the 25th of 33 miners rescued.

Roberto Candia Associated Press
Miner Pedro Cortez waves from 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, Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010.

Roberto Candia Associated Press
Miner Raul Bustos, in beige t-shirt, embraces his wife, Cristy Coronado, as Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, third right at back, applauds after Bustos' rescue at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Bustos was the 30th of 33 miners rescued.

Jorge Saenz Associated Press
In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Juan Carlos Aguilar, in beige T-shirt, greets a member of the rescue team after being pulled out of the San Jose gold and copper mine Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010.

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Miner Raul Bustos, left, greets Chile's President Sebastian Pinera as first lady Cecilia Morel looks on after his rescue from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010.

Alex Ibanez Chilean Presidential Press Office
In this screen grab taken from video, rescuers inside the San Jose Mine near Copiapo, Chile, hold a sign that reads "Mission Complete" in Spanish after all 33 trapped miners were rescued Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010.
In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Pedro Cortez, center, is helped by rescue workers after being pulled out of the 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.

Hugo Infante Government Of Chile
In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Raul Bustos, left, embraces an unidentified woman after 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.

Hugo Infante Government Of Chile
Rescued miner Samuel Avalos, 43, waves to the press as he arrives to the hospital of Copiapo, Chile Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Avalos is the twenty-second of 33 miners rescued from the San Jose mine after more than 2 months trapped underground.

Dario Lopez-Mills Associated Press
In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Ariel Ticona Yanez, left, smiles after being pulled out of the 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.

Hugo Infante Government Of Chile
Relatives and friends of 33 freed miners visit the spot where 33 flags sit at the camp for miners' relatives and friends outside the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010. The 69-day underground ordeal reached its end Wednesday night after 33 trapped miners were hauled up in a cage through a narrow hole drilled through 2,000 feet of rock.

Natacha Pisarenko Associated Press
People celebrate the end of the successful rescue operation to free 33 trapped miners from the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010. The 69-day underground ordeal reached its end Wednesday night after 33 trapped miners were hauled up in a cage through a narrow hole drilled through 2,000 feet of rock.

Martin Mejia Associated Press
Maria Segovia, sister of miner Dario Segovia, celebrates the end of a successful rescue operation at the camp outside the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010. The 69-day underground ordeal reached its end Wednesday night after 33 trapped miners were hauled up in a cage through a narrow hole drilled through 2,000 feet of rock.

Natacha Pisarenko Associated Press
Maria Segovia, right, sister of freed miner Dario Segovia, embraces an unidentified person as relatives and friends of the freed 33 miners celebrate the end of the successful rescue operation at the camp outside the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010. The 69-day underground ordeal reached its end Wednesday night after 33 trapped miners were hauled up in a cage through a narrow hole drilled through 2,000 feet of rock.

Natacha Pisarenko Associated Press
Relatives and friends of 33 freed miners celebrate the end of the successful rescue operation at the camp outside the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010. The 69-day underground ordeal reached its end Wednesday night after 33 trapped miners were hauled up in a cage through a narrow hole drilled through 2,000 feet of rock.

Natacha Pisarenko Associated Press