bijou
10-09-2010, 10:36 AM
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Ecstatic relatives cheered and hugged and raced up a mist-shrouded hillside to the 33 flags that have become the symbol of the vigil since the men were entombed by a rockfall 65 days ago.
At the minehead, rig-workers punched the air with their fists at 8.05 am local time when the drill broke through into a tunnel 2,047 feet beneath them.
“This is a wonderful moment,” said Janet Laques, mother of the youngest miner, 19-year-old Jimmy. “It feels like the rescue is finally underway.”
The miners reacted with jubilation in a live video-link with the surface as the tip of the drill’s hammer broke through into their underground workshop. ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/chile/8052629/Rescue-tunnel-finally-reaches-Chiles-San-Jose-miners.html
Ecstatic relatives cheered and hugged and raced up a mist-shrouded hillside to the 33 flags that have become the symbol of the vigil since the men were entombed by a rockfall 65 days ago.
At the minehead, rig-workers punched the air with their fists at 8.05 am local time when the drill broke through into a tunnel 2,047 feet beneath them.
“This is a wonderful moment,” said Janet Laques, mother of the youngest miner, 19-year-old Jimmy. “It feels like the rescue is finally underway.”
The miners reacted with jubilation in a live video-link with the surface as the tip of the drill’s hammer broke through into their underground workshop. ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/chile/8052629/Rescue-tunnel-finally-reaches-Chiles-San-Jose-miners.html