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He said to me, now i do dare to hope and he said ive already got the words ready to tell my granddad. he said, im going to love you, papito. the familys joys has also been mirrored by the chilean president himself and this is what he had to say. >> translator: what started on august 5th like a possible tragedy, with the help of god, is ending as a true blessing. the miners, their families, the rescue workers, the government and all the chileans have shown unity, strength of faith, of hope, that ...

They rationed water, once every two days. they had no idea if people were were looking for them. were going to talk to barrett how you get to a situation like that. lets go to gary tuchman whos at the mine. gary, its been a remarkable 24-hour period. were still watching these rescuers being brought to the surface. its still not over. there are still folks deep underground who are still at risk. >> reporter: there is still risk involve. thats why were keeping an eye on the spinning wheel as the r...

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There is concern about the weight of that may bring the shaft in, having some sort of collapse. that obviously would be a disaster. but right now it looks like everything is a go. the pod is in place. a short time later they will emerge. the freedom will come when a camped and harrowing journey to the surface of the rescue pod designed by the people who make space capsules. its two feet wide and its less than 22 inches in diameter. take two sheets of paper and hold them end to end and thats abou...

This is one of the rescue workers emerging from the tunnel earlier tonight. right now all but one rescuers have made it back alive. [ speaking in spanish ] >> being thanked by the minister and head of the mines, being thanked for all hes done, for representing his country. the last miner, i want to show you the moment that we witnessed in the 9:00 hour tonight, the last miner, luis urzua, leaving the -- leaving the mine. >> chi-le! chi-chi-chi-! le-le-le! los mineros de chile! [ applause ] >> th...

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On how a group can overcome tremendous adversity not only in the dark but under several hundred thousand tons of rock. they were presumed to be dead. they made a journey back to life that ended. one is up, the capsule on the way down to bring up the last five. theyve already held up a sign, mission accomplished, chile. it is time to relax a little, feel good when these five rescue workers finally come up in the next couple of hours. >> greta: five down there, about three or four hours before the...