Chilean miners: How the rescue operation works
The rescue operation of pulling out 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for 68 days began on Wednesday at San Jose mine.
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The rescue operation of pulling out 33 Chile miners trapped underground for 68 days began on Wednesday at San Jose mine. Here's how the rescue operation works. (NYT Photo)
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The miners have survived deep underground longer than anyone before them. (NYT Photo)
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They were trapped on August 5 when the upper galleries of the mine collapsed. (NYT Photo)
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For 17 days they were all but given up for dead, before a drill probe found them and they were able to attach a note to it, announcing the extraordinary news that they were all alive and well. (NYT Photo)
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They had survived by strictly rationing their food and water, and had found refuge in an emergency shelter. (NYT Photo)
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Now, after a multi-million operation to drill down a rescue shaft, they are being brought out of the mine one by one in a specially-designed narrow steel cage, dubbed Phoenix to symbolize their rebirth. (NYT Photo)
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