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They’re all out: 33 miners raised safely in Chile (AP)

The last rescued miner, Luis Urzua, center wearing green, hugs Chile's President Sebastian Pinera 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. 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. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP – The last of the Chilean miners, the foreman who held them together when they were feared lost, was raised from the depths of the earth Wednesday night — a joyous ending to a 69-day ordeal that riveted the world. No one has ever been trapped so long and survived.


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Chile mine rescue nearly complete; all but 2 out (AP)

In this photo released by the Government of Chile, miner Daniel Herrera Campos embraces his mother after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine, near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Herrera was the sixteenth of 33 miners rescued from the mine after more than 2 months trapped underground. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Government of Chile)AP – With remarkable speed — and flawless execution — miner after miner climbed into a cramped cage deep beneath the Chilean earth, was hoisted through 2,000 feet of rock and saw precious sunlight Wednesday after the longest underground entrapment in history.


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28 miners free as Chile rescue goes off flawlessly (AP)

In this photo released by the Government of Chile, miner Daniel Herrera Campos embraces his mother after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine, near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Herrera was the sixteenth of 33 miners rescued from the mine after more than 2 months trapped underground. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Government of Chile)AP – With remarkable speed — and flawless execution — miner after miner climbed into a cramped cage deep beneath the Chilean earth, was hoisted through 2,000 feet of rock and saw precious sunlight Wednesday after the longest underground entrapment in history.


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25 miners free as Chile rescue goes off flawlessly (AP)

In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Mario Sepulveda, right, is hugged by an unidentified relative after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, early Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010.  (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government)AP – With remarkable speed — and flawless execution — one miner after another climbed into a slender cage deep beneath the Chilean earth, was hoisted through 2,000 feet of rock and saw precious sunlight Wednesday after the longest underground entrapment in human history.


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19 miners free; Chile rescue past halfway mark (AP)

In this photo released by the Chilean government, 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.  (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government)AP – The miners who spent 69 agonizing days deep under the Chilean earth were hoisted one by one to freedom Wednesday, their rescue moving with remarkable speed while their countrymen erupted in cheers and the world watched transfixed.


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18 miners free; Chile rescue past halfway mark (AP)

In this photo released by the Chilean government, 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.  (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government)AP – The miners who spent 69 agonizing days deep under the Chilean earth were hoisted one by one to freedom Wednesday, their rescue moving with remarkable speed while their countrymen erupted in cheers and the world watched transfixed.


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Nearly half of miners now free in Chile rescue (AP)

In this photo released by the Chilean government, 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.  (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government)AP – One by one, the miners trapped for 69 days in a dungeon that could have been their tomb climbed into a rescue capsule and made a smooth ascent to the surface Wednesday, greeted by the embraces of loved ones, cheered by joyous Chileans and watched by a captivated world.


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