greta: you missed this rescue in chile over the last 24 hours, here it is! [ applause ] reporter: his wife, his friends everyone is cheering down the hill, up there. now the moment where he gets to hug his wife. [ applause ]
contingency plans for every possible outcome and every possible turn and twist that we could possibly imagine. we wanted to be absolutely prepared and ready to face any outcome that would be thrown our way. fortunately, things continued to develop in a very, very mannered i m sorry it has been a long exciting night. things continued to develop properly for the rescue to continue to become successful here at quecreek. greta: we have five more to get up. next, our special breaking news coverage continues. the world has been waiting and all the miners are safe. we are standing by for news about more rescuers lifted to safety. stay right where you a
grandchild born while he was underground. greta: a lot of reason to be ing tonight. steve standby we ll be back to you. adam, it is so exciting. even like we get to share a little here in the united states. even this little fact, ups, the united states shipping company brought a 13 ton drilling tool from pennsylvania in less than 48 hours. ups gets a little nod. 13 ton drilling tool in less than 48 hours. there s so many ways in which so many different people, different companies participated in this extraordinary feat. reporter: absolutely greta. what a moment in time. what a moment for chile. they are partying here like we haven t seen before. they are talking about this being a national holiday, october 13th. a day that could be such a day in history. as you walk around you see smiles. last night we walked up this time, and you saw the hope on
. greta: we go straight to adam housley in chile. edison pena, married, reportedly among the most depressed of the trapped men. asked rescuers to send a photo of the sun. he tried run everyday for exercise. is a fan of elvis presley and asked for elvis music to be sent into the mine so they could have a sing along. the stories keep coming, reporter: they do. you hear supporters coming by. these are the kind of celebrations, listen. these are the celebrations,
monumental, historic rescue. greta: you know in cue creek and here tlooks by the time we get involved in it talmost looks easy. but i know it s far from that. in cue creek, were you nervous the whole time that something would go wrong? reporter: absolutely. we were planning for every possible scenario that might develop. and we were planning at least two or possibly three contingency plans for every possible outcome and every possible turn and twist that we could possibly imagine so we wanted to be absolutely prepared and ready to face any outcome that would be thrown our way. and fortunately, things continued to develop in a very, very manner i m sorry, greta, it s been a long, exciting night. but things continue to develop properly for the rescue to