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but 30 times they miss. until finally reaching them, 17 days into their hell. richard sent this video message to his wife. >> translator: to my senora he says, waiting at home with her pregnant belly. tell her that i love her so much. richard expects to become a father any moment now. "i never used to pray," he says, "down there in that mine, i learned to pray." new video of the miners and their hospital beds. one of them, mario sepulveda blows you all un beso, a kiss. there is talk of book deals, movie deals, lifetime, hbo, all talk. but these guys have become big stars. a key part of the new health care law is under threat from a federal judge's ruling. the ruling says a legal challenge the law can go to trial. one big issue, the requirement that citizens must buy health insurance, but a similar lawsuit
24 hours. american investors taking money out of those big bank stocks, a big sign that they're concerned about how all of this will play out. david muir, abc news, new york. three of the rescued chilean miners are out of the hospital. the men left by a side door last night and got into the van, edison pena, and juan illanes. and carlos mamani. more miners to be sent home today and over the weekend. families and friends were organizing welcome home dinners, street celebrations and even a wedding. now that the 33 men are safe, we are learning much more about the terrible conditions inside that mine. here is john quinones with more. >> reporter: richard villarroel's wife was expecting a baby, while down below, the world caved in around him. the walls and the floor of the mine began rocking around he says, stones begin to fall.
mine's collapse when they had limited food and no communication from the outside world. and the six rescuers who desc d descended into the mine held up a sign that red "mission accomplished chile." the 28th minor, richard villarroel got out just in time, his pregnant wife was home ha having contractions at the time of his rescue. they're all now celebrities and have been courted for tv shows as well as book and movie deals. singer turned businessman has given each of them $10,000. pretty nice. there's also a greek company that's offered them all free vacations. and soccer teams real madrid and manchester united have invited them to games in europe and we know joe is jealous about that. the man who became famous to being on the wrong end of dick cheney's hunting shot speaks out this morning. harry whittington speaks out
confetti and throwing streamers and when he finally made it to the surface, hugs all around. as they say, in the chilean tv entitling this, franklin lobos wins the most important match of his life. >> all right. that's karl penhaul on the scene for us. you see he is on that gurney now as the other 26 miners are, and he will be taken in for some medical exams and make sure that everything is good. he has the sunglasses on to protect his retinas after almost 70 days underground. they need the protection and it is still daylight over there in chile. we will stay on top of this, and we will watch it, and the next miner by the way will be saved, will be richard villarroel who is 26 years old and the capsule is going back down and he will be brought up. this is moving very, very quickly. we are so excited, and the whole world is watching right now.
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