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13th trapped Chilean miner brought to surface

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-10-13 21:45

Miner Jimmy Sanchez arrives at the Copiapo hospital for a full check-up after being rescued from the San Jose mine, October 13, 2010. [Photo/Agencies]

 

A combination photo shows headshots of the 33 miners trapped in a copper and gold mine in Copiapo, Chile. The first of Chile's 33 trapped miners were pulled to safety on Wednesday after a two-month ordeal inside a Chilean mine in Chile's northern Atacama desert. From (L-R) (top row) Carlos Mamani, Jose Ojeda Vidal, Jose Herriquez Gonzalez, Luis Urzua Iribarren, Omar Reygada Rojas, Mario Gomez Heredia, Pablo Rojas Villacorta, Claudio Yanez Lagos, Juan Illanes Palma, Mario Sepulveda Espinace and Juan Carlos Aguilar Gaete, (middle row) Yonni Barrios Rojas, Victor Zamora Bugueno, Carlos Barrios Contreras, Vtor Segovia Rojas, Claudio Acuna Cortes, Carlos Bugueno Alfaro, Ariel Ticonao Yanez, Samuel Avalos Acuna, Renan Avalos Silva, Dario Segovia Rojo and Richard Villaroel Godoy, (bottom row) Osman Araya Araya, Jorge Galleguillos Orellana, Jimmy Sanchez Lagues, Franklin Lobos Ramirez, Florencio Avalos Silva, Esteban Rojas Carrizo, Raul Bustos Ibanez, Pedro Cortez Contreras, Daniel Herrera Campos, Edison Pena Villaroel and Alex Vega Salazar. The headshots were taken on various dates. [Photo/Agencies]