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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...

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And we have now been in this rescue mission 14 hours and 4 minutes. that means the rescuers are a little bit ahead of schedule. initially the mines minister calculated it would take a total of one hour to extract each miner. so were a little bit ahead. but still with the rate that theyre going, it still looks like were going well into tonight, possibly until the wee small hours of tomorrow morning with this rescue. let me tell you about miner 18. rojas, the man coming up next. and you said it a ...

Would have made it. they didnt believe that they would be able to hit the refuge, by that time they were almost 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 famili...

Day, one sip of milk, all alone when the whole world thinks youre dead and suddenly to be discovered, by the drill bit. hearing that drill bit and now, over this weekend, finally, the escape shaft breaking through and youve got to figure theyve gone through an incredible range of emotions from highs to lows, one thing has been constant. they have stuck together. when they had no one, where they had satellite tv done there, bert day cake, before they had video chats with their families, they were...

That drill bit breaking through a sense of celebration here. for those drillers their part of the job is done. we spoke to one person who played a part in the rescue operation. he said this was the post difficult operation, not only technically, but emotionally. >> we werent drilling for gold, copper or silver. if we failed we didnt lose money, we lost people. all of us on the team were keen lay wear of that. -- were keenly aware of that. >> reporter: the good mood continues to linger. major cha...

Sharing a couple of conditions 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 togeth...

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Sunday, the one above ground loud, joyous, tearful. >> they are alive. they are together. and they are waiting to see sunlight and hug their loved ones once again. >> the other 2,000 feet below the surface captured on a camera with no audio of gold and copper miners expressing hope to the note that drill bit including one by 63-year-old leader which read patience and faith. god is great and the help of my god is going to make it possible to leave this mine alive. their lifeline now is the hole t...

Here has been building these free standing risers. as i understand they have three of the four completed now. so they can probably take 60,000 barrels a day and the fourth will allow 80,000 barrels a day. if hay had to open it up now, i think they could get most all of the flow. >> whats the status on the relief wells and the work towards drilling them? we know how close they were within what seems to laymen as a few feet. has that been resume? is it going to be resumed? >> this morning at the 7...