SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — With remarkable speed — and flawless execution — miner after miner climbed into a cramped cage deep beneath the Chilean earth, was hoisted through 2,000 feet of rock and saw precious sunlight Wednesday after the longest underground entrapment in history.
Rescue of Chilean miners reaches 30 of 33
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 | 7:04 p.m. CDT;
updated 9:45 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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