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>> translator: how was the trip? >> translator: it was good. >> translator: did the cage behave? >> translator: yes. >> the rescuer being asked about -- >> translator: everything was fine. >> that's the voice of the translator describing what they're saying, that it's hot and humid. obviously we've known that, 85 to 90 degrees. that's what they've been living in. they've been having problems with that gate from the beginning. the operation was delayed a little bit last night if you recall in the early hours because of the gate on the fenix capsule. but one of the rescuers being asked whether or not there were any problems with it, he said
over the last 24 hours? >> reporter: well, i think, you know, you'd have to go back to each one of those individual rescues and see at the moment that each miner stepped out of the fenix 2 rescue capsule and went back into the arms of the people they most loved in this life. it became a little bit routine toward the end of the day, to see the fenix capsule going so smoothly up and down. but what was completely not routine was the way that each family celebrated in its own way, a rebirth of sorts for the miner and a rebirth of sorts for the family. because this is what all the families i've spoken to have said, that this really does mark a before and an after. these miners and their families cannot simply go home and pick up the pieces of a normal life. their lives have now been changed forever. and tonight, here in camp hope,
and there you see manuel gonzalez, the first rescuer hugging and being applauded by the other miners. beautiful moment. incredible. so now it seems fitting that he will be the last to leave this mine. we want to bring that live to you, of course. so stay tuned. we ore going to take a quick break as we follow this, the capsule still descending. you can see, that's a live picture of manuel gonzalez waiting -- waiting for the capsule to emerge. you just see him in shadow. he's being watched very closely. they're having conversation with officials above ground. we're going to bring you his -- there he is. >> translator: don't forget to say good-bye at the end before you jump inside the cage. >> let's take a quick break so we can capture this moment live. also some of the medical hurdles some of the miners now face. we'll be right back.
the first one down, last one back. he was also -- well, all the rescue workers, extraordinarily risking their lives to help 33 of their colleagues, their miners, now all back safe and alive. i want to check in once again with cnn's karl penhaul. karl, it's been a remarkable 24 hours, i think, for everybody involved. for you, what -- what happens now, what sticks out in your mind over the last 24 hours? >> reporter: well, i think, you know, you'd have to go back to each one of those individual rescues and see at the moment that each miner stepped out of the fenix 2 rescue capsule and went back into the arms of the people they most loved in this life. it became a little bit routine toward the end of the day, to see the fenix capsule going so smoothly up and down. but what was completely not routine was the way that each family celebrated in its own
aura, it's incredible being here, witnessing this human drama. there was a lot of tension. everybody started clapping when he successfully arrived. we waited and waited. we were told it would take between 15 and 17 minutes and it seemed like two hours. after 15 minutes we saw the capsule pop up, he came out. his greatful family was there, and we knew it would work with a human being. and then number two. and number three. a problem with the capsule, they had to take the wheels off. there was a problem with the door. there was a problem with the oxygen canisters. but nothing endangered any of the miners. as the day wore on, now we're at 21 1/2 hours we started forgetting about the tension, it seemed to work very well. we knew what we weren't going to forget about, what we weren't going to get tired of is the emotion. they say i can't see enough of this. every story's a little different, as you were talking about before. the families came up, they
toward the end of the day, to see the fenix capsule going so smoothly up and down. but what was completely not routine was the way that each family celebrated in its own way, a rebirth of sorts for the miner and a rebirth of sorts for the family. because this is what all the families i've spoken to have said, that this really does mark a before and an after. these miners and their families cannot simply go home and pick up the pieces of a normal life. their lives have now been changed forever. and tonight, here in camp hope, there very much is a feeling of what now? they've been through some of the most intense experiences of their lives, and now tomorrow is a very different scenario, anderson. >> no doubt about that, everyone involved lives' will change in
dark dungeon for 33 men for 69 days and now just the one rescue worker all alone by himself down there, waiting for the capsule to come down one last time. and as we watch now, everybody on the surface waiting for that fifth rescue worker to emerge. it will probably take ten minutes or so for him to make it to the surface. karl, we'll check in with you in the next hour, we're live all the way to the midnight hour. we'll be right back. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made.
surface, 29-year-old air yalg a aerial, daughter named spanish for hope. right to gary tuchman in copiapo, chile. tell us what's going on right now. >> reporter: eliot, there's great joy in the desert in northern chile and throughout the universe because this valiant effort to save the lives of 33 miners appears to have succeeded. 31 of the miners are back on earth, back on terra firma with their families. one miner's being brought up now. there's this wheel behind me, when the wheel turns that means the capsule's on its way up. within seven minutes we expect miner number 32 to be up here. and then shortly after that, the
le-le-le! 6 trb wub. >> translator: we're going to remove the pod. >> there in the center of your screen, you see the capsule that made it all possible. in this world of high-tech computers and high-tech devices, it is a relatively simple, relatively primitive piece of
upon to do absolutely remarkable things, anderson. >> yeah, and we're watching, karl, just so you know, on the right side of our screen a live image from underground. the capsule arriving to take the fifth rescue worker up above ground. there's just two men left. you see both the men there. one of them is loading his stuff into that capsule. and then he will make the long journey up. and then there will just be one man still to be rescued and then finally we can say that everybody, everybody, has been brought back alive. and that of course will be yet another joyous moment in the many we have witnessed over these last 24 hours. it's interesting that you talk about dr. house and the role he played, the medical role he played. each of these miners was assigned very specific tasks, and this was done prior to the world knowing they were alive. the miners organized themselves in those first 17 days to keep themselves busy. but afterward as the experts came in and nasa officials came in, their advice was to give