their condition unknown. the chilean president promises every effort to rescue them, but knew collapses complicated the form dabble task. august 12th, the miners' families have set up camp on the surface to keep watch on the drilling. a week has passed, and an official says there is little chance that the men survived. relatives will later say they argued with that assessment from the start. >> translator: i always told the media every time i was asked. i know my husband is fine. i know he's alive, and i know he's keeping up all the other others in the mine, because that's the kind of person my husband is. >> franklin lobos's sister magdalena never loses hope for a minute. >> translator: i had a call while i was at home and i was told that frankie is gone. i said no, no, frankie is alive. they are alive and god is going to get him out of there. >> reporter: even as authorities hint that the search may need to