times, a couple of practice sessions and bringing up three so far. and this is tape of the last individual no that s the o t first one brought up. here comes the second one.ee there were three individuals. avalos was the first and here was the second individual that n was brought up. his wife standing by.the thry emotional. the president of chile was there.feet t this capsule is 13 feet tall and 21 inches in diameter andile it moves one mile per hour. s at and it is about a 15-minute ride, and these individualsinrus have been instructed as to the t escape hatch at the bottom in case it get stuck. wea they have to wear headphones so they can communicate up above.as is an oxygen mask is in place. they are wearing protectivehelmt
that they were alive for 17 days then discovering they re alive wondering if they can get hem to the surface or not. ups and downs one american driller says this is the most difficult thing he s ever worked on. and of course, in the practice runs of that capsule there were snags. so a smooth first run with avalos. a couple observations. first, striking how fit he was. he was strong to deal with problems on the first time up. he looked pretty darned good for a man underground for more than two months. shaking hands, and moving with vigor. before being put on a stretcher and taken to the hospital. and other thing i noticed is that you know a hardened heavy set miner there when he saw his comrade coming up couldn t hold back tears. this is really moving everybody here.
to the beauty parlor in town in the last day and wanted to look their best after not having seen their spouse two months. attention, you know tension was great. after this first run, there is a sense that this works. it worked the first time there. is expectation and a bit of relief. what is this like as a journalist? we re watching videos. they re emotional for us. we ve been covering this for a long time. folks have been keeping up with the situation there and what is it like to be there on the ground? and to see this firsthand? you know, emotion is contagious. it s an unusual emotion for journalists, people are thrilled and happy. it s interesting when the first miner came up, avalos, his wife embraced him. daughter burst into tears. sort of a burlly heavy set
to the beauty parlor in town in the last day and wanted to look their best after not having seen their spouse two months. attention, you know tension was great. after this first run, there is a sense that this works. it worked the first time there. is expectation and a bit of relief. what is this like as a journalist? we re watching videos. they re emotional for us. we ve been covering this for a long time. folks have been keeping up with the situation there and what is it like to be there on the ground? and to see this firsthand? you know, emotion is contagious. it s an unusual emotion for journalists, people are thrilled and happy. it s interesting when the first miner came up, avalos, his wife embraced him. daughter burst into tears. sort of a burlly heavy set
hi, steve. reporter: a few minutes ago we saw miner number 25, avalos come up from the surface. his brother was the first miner up. both of them down there for two months. it s gone smoother than expected. the capsule moving up and down. banged up by the hard rock but no major problems or delay. originally the rescues were scheduled to take an hour an now they re coming in about half that time. back to you. thank you. continuing coverage throughout the night. glenn beck in a moment, but first, bret baier previews special report . bret: what does president obama think he s done wrong? he speaks out about it less than three weeks from the election. we go coast-to-coast for in-depth coverage of hot races. join me at the top of the hour. back to glenn.