two days of these amazing reunions that we would never get tired of watching. >> was there talk at all of sending up the weakest members first? before they ultimately decided to send up two of the stronger members? >> reporter: the idea was they didn't know how this capsule called the fenix 2 would react the first couple of times it went up. they'd test it'd without human beings. a mine rescue official went down and that was successful but they didn't know necessarily, 100% sure, what would happen when a miner went up in it. >> i don't think a lot of the rescuers get the recognition they deserve. >> reporter: no. it was really amazing. that was one of the things we didn't know about, that so many rescuer woz go down in the mine. they were key. they made sure everything was organized, that everyone was calm, that they were dressed properly, they were mentally ready for the ride up. and it was nice. we covered the 33 men coming up, and that was a very happy moment, but then we covered the six mine rescuers, because it