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while we re waiting, seeing it on the right, on the left-hand side, maybe we ll put up those first images of manuel gonzalez as he first descended 24 hours ago, and the levity we re seeing now, the happiness, the relief of all those who have gathered. it was a very different picture 24 hours ago. when manuel gonzalez carefully was loaded into that capsule, taking some last breaths of oxygen. and beginning a journey that, frankly, no one knew how it would go. they hadn t had a human being in the capsule who went all the way down. they didn t know if the shaft that they had drilled would hold. translator: how s it going? things are going well. we re waiting for you right here. ....
Have to go off to those people that planned this from the very beginning. i think they ve done an excellent job in that respect. yeah. in terms of i mean, how difficult an operation has this been to drill through this material? i mean, they were giving worst case scenarios this may not happen until december, and we re watching, we see the pod very close there, the fenix capsule very close there, bringing up this third rescue worker. as we watch him come up, how tough has this been in terms of drilling down through that, that rock? i think from the beginning let s just watch this i m sorry, dennis, let s just watch this moment unfold. let s just listen. okay. sure. [ applause ] ....
The fact when they go up the open together surface of the earth, you know, it s not just a straight shot. in fact, these fellows had to take a special diet to keep them from getting sick, as the capsule rotates 10 to 12 times on its way up, and you re in this thing that s, what, 21 feet, 21 feet tall not 21 feet. what was the maevment? 13 feet tall, 21 inches in diameter. not a lot of space. imagine being captured in that space. i m claustrophobiclaustrophobic. i m sure it s a small inconvenience. there it is. we saw there it is coming down. right in the middle of the screen. hard to mes. we saw them celebrating when they were down there anticipating, shaking hands and sort of fist pumping. you know, it strikes me, i was young to remember when it was happening but the movie s powerful apollo 13 when we had ....
And now that all those miners in chile have been rescued successfully, anderson, it looks like their lives are about to change financially. there s a report that each of them will receive $10,000 from a chilean business tycoon. each will receive $400,000 to exclusive television interviews. they ve been invited to travel to europe, company as parentally are lining up to oven dorisment deals. those other free gifts such as ipods and apparently plenty of job offers, anderson. that s a lot of moolah they re looking at. let s hope they handle it pretty well. live pictures now, the fourth rescuer has emerged from the capsule, just seconds ago. here you see his colleagues hugging him, welcoming him home. and you ll see how quickly they try to get that capsule, the fenix capsule, back in the ground, going down to pick the two men still below. let s listen in just here. ....
Officers up above. it was he who carried out all the medical tests, the urine tests, blood pressure tests on those 33 miners to make sure that they stayed alive, to make sure that any infections were treated. so, yes, he is in hot water with his love partners, but that really gives us an example that these were before august 5th somewhat unremarkable men, and since august 5th, they ve been called 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 everybody, everybody has been brought back alive. ....