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The 33. mission accomplished. after 69 agonizing days and just before 10:00 p.m. local time wednesday, shift manager luis orzua becomes the last miner out. but before they became household names, the 33 were fighting for their lives. more than 2,000 feet underground. august 5. it begins with when they are trapped when the san jose copper and gold mine collapses around them. hundreds begin frantic efforts at rescue but cavein after cave forces them to abandon the efforts to drill their way in. au...

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Mine. the chilean president said the mine would be closed. a few minutes ago when the first miner was pulled to the surface, people went crazy, shouting, crying, jumping up and down. we will probably see the scene again when this crowd gets to see the second miner reach the surface. it is a very exciting moment. people are waving the flags. it is past midnight in chile. the crowd has stayed strong here. people coming in the square, they are sitting down. a lot of people say they will stay here t...

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Prepared, huh? he came up with a bunch of rocks downstairs -- downstairs, i said -- under the ground and passed them out as souvenirs to reporters and rescue workers there. that was cool. this is a live picture coming in from a hospital. we want to show you that. they will stay there at least 48 hours, each of the miners, one by one, and we also saw a live picture, that spinning wheel weve been watching the last half day thats rotating clockwise. when its rotating clockwise, that means the shaft...

She may have been killed by a grenade thrown by american forces trying to free her. earlier reports say she died in a blast set off by her captors. you may remember she was captured by militants last month. a drama that started in august could finally be over in two days. the way out for the 33 trapped miners in chile is finally ready. now its time to get guys ready for the half mile trip to the surface. patrick is in chile, has been working pretty much nonstop since they reached the miners. i...

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In this capsule, which is a tight fit for all these men. it will be extremely clause tree phobic for men who already surrendered through clause tree phobic conditions. this will take place over my shoulder, the site of plan b drilling site. we saw that drill leave here just a while ago, ali, got a heros welcome. they removed that drill because now its -- it was over the mine shaft hole, and thats -- it will be the hole, the entrance to this mine. this morning they already lowered down that phoen...

Their last major legislative action before shutting down was passing a stop-gap spending measure to keep the government running for the next two months. it now heads to president obamas desk for signing. congress will return november 15th. thats a month and a half away. house democrats also followed the senates lead agreeing to postpone a vote on the volatile issue of the expiring bush-era tax cuts until after the elections. john boehner said arkansas jurng without acting on tax cuts would be, q...

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