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33 trapped Chilean miners found alive after 17 days
(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-08-23 10:26
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 Chilean President Sebastian Pinera holds a note from the thirty-three miners trapped in a deep underground copper and gold mine in Copiapo, 725 km (450 miles) north of Santiago, August 22, 2010. The thirty-three Chilean miners trapped deep underground sent a message to the surface tied to a drill on Sunday, saying they were all alive in their first contact since a cave-in 17 days ago, but experts said it would take months to dig them out. Pinera said the paper message was tied to a perforation drill that rescuers used to bore through to the area near an underground shelter, where the miners took shelter after the August 5 collapse at the gold and copper mine in the far north. The note reads "We are fine in the refuge, the 33 of us". [Photo./Agencies] |