in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, and you are in i'm wolf blitzer, and you are in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com this is live pictures now, and the rescue operation continuing. this is from pictures half a mile underground. the next miner going to the top is franklin lobos. he is 53 years old and served as a electrician in the mine, and he played professional soccer at one time. he is about to get into the capsule, and once it reaches the ground, we will see it come in and this is going to be miner number 27 who will be rescued out of 33. gary tuchman has been covering the story for us so ably over the past several days. he has watched it all unfold. gary, we talked a little bit about lobos and like so many of the miners, every one of the miners has a personal story.