suffering. the 31-year-old machine mechanic. his ulcer is paralyzing him with pain. >> you had three years left. >> translator: i had to divide three pills into four parts and take a piece per day. >> he is a small man with a big reason to live. >> your wife is just lovely. >> translator: we complement each other well. i love her very much. >> they're high school sweet hearts with three children. the latest plan to find alex and the other miners is to send rescuers down ladders. >> the air shafts are supposed to have ladders so they can serve as a secondary escape. there were several ladders missing. >> the rescuers made that discovery as rocks rained down on them. they tell the mining minister, lawrence, it is too dangerous to continue. >> they say we are done. it was dramatic. i got tears in my eyes.