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Of fish. one bite a day, when the whole world thinks youre dead. then suddenly to be discovered by the drill bit, hearing the drill bit. now the escape shaft breaking through. you have to figure theyve gone through an incredible range of eemotions, from highs to low. one thing is constant. they have stuck together. when they had no one. before they had satellite tv down there, before they had birthday cakes and the video chats with their families. they stuck together then and theyre sticking tog...

The rubble instead of the ashes because 700,000 tons of rock caved in, trapping those miners on august 5. and for days, many people in chile thought there was no way they could survive. a drill bit made its way all the way down and then the foreman of this crew -- he has now become a national hero. he put a note on the end saying, we are alive. we are well. reuters senior correspondent, simon gardner is on the phone. he joins us now. simon, tell us about this remarkable event that we are watchin...

Subdued. but they cheer, they cry, creating their families, even their rescuers, hugging everyone to be seen, including the president of chile. one even hand ed out what appeared to be rocks to rescue officials. and call out chi, chi, chi, but its modified a little bit. have a listen. [ chanting ] chi chi chi, lay lay lay! >> chiles president sebastian pinera has been on hand all night. its taking 45 minutes per miner to get to the top. hes hoping tonight will be a huge celebration around the wo...

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Giving up hope. but there was a sect note attached to that drill bit again, mario gomez, 63 years old, to his wife. dear lila, im well. thanks to god, we will make it out of here. >> karl, when you first arrived, how organized was it? >> reporter: the families themselves were very organized, because they had been already 17 days standing vigil for these miners. it was really the families that drove the whole initial phase of this rescue operation, because they clearly said to the government and ...

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