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Fourth of 33 men rescued from Chilean mine (AP)

October 13th, 2010

In this photo released by the Chilean presidential press office, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, front right, hugs rescued miner Florencio Avalos after Avalos was rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, Tuesday Oct. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Jose Manuel de la Maza, Chilean presidential press office)AP - To hugs, cheers and tears, rescuers using a missile-like escape capsule began pulling 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom at last early Wednesday, 69 days after they were trapped in a collapsed mine almost a half-mile underground.


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