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Chileans hope to begin rescue of miners Wednesday (AP)

October 10th, 2010

A relative of a trapped miner gestures after the announcement that a drill reached the trapped miners in the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Saturday Oct. 9, 2010. Officials announced that the drill trying to reach the 33 trapped miners reached them Saturday after more than two months of efforts. The miners have been trapped since the mine collapsed on Aug. 5. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - After more than two months trapped deep in a Chilean mine, 33 miners are enjoying Sunday tantalizingly close to rescue. Drillers have completed an escape shaft, and Chile’s mining minister says a video inspection shows the hole’s walls are firm enough to allow the men to be hoisted out as early as Wednesday.


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