wheel. when the wheel started turning the other way, people started cheering. now when the wheel started turning this way, people started cheering again. it s a long walk to monitors to watch this and a lot of the journalists are wanting to see this because it s extraordinary television. we just can t wait for the first man to come out. dennis, they re monitoring now the man we believe to be florencio avalos, we were told the first man to be selected. he was clearly ready to go, clearly dressed, if in fact it was mr. avalos. you ve been in one of these capsules. explain what it s like as you re ascending through the ground. you feel helpless. like i say, you re standing inside a confined space where you can t really move your arms above your head or anything, you have to keep them down at your side. you can t bend over, and you re at the mercy of the operator. so you have a lot of time you re by yourself and you have to think positive. have you to try to keep your
here for quite some time is national correspondent natalie morales who i think has been jumping up and down and cheering as much as i have. kerry, i was down in the mix of the crowd and the moment that they got avalos, it was really unbelievable opinion my heart was pounding. i was crying. i looked around me. every single reporter, every single person in that crowd, grown men in tears. and this is a scene that is going to be replay ed another 3 times here tonight. then the rescuers themselves, they ll come out at the very end. the emotion here. the tension in the crowd, it s unreal. they did get the first guy out, but everyone is on pins and needles here for the second one mario sepulveda.
every time there is a massive reaction here. you can see people cheering and flags going into the air. air horns take place. the distance, you can t see it. because it s only about 15 yards away. there is a white tent. they re blocked out by police here. interest there is a big police tent in front of it x you ll hear a massive cheer in there. that is where kids are located. it s warmer there. media does not go in there that. is for family. but this is what the reaction takes place. this is where the man ran through. you can see another person being let back down. and the second person? do we know? i believe the family the second person being brought down. you can see the media following them now. more controls. the father of avalos came through he was by himself. nobody there to take care of him until he almost ran into a
reporter: freedom is sweet two. miners safe, above ground for the first time in months. now waiting on remaining 31 still trapped below. the first to surface, he arrived to cheers from his family and from country men there in chile. he like the second rescued miner wearing a helmet and sunglasses. protected from light above ground. avalos smiling and hugging workers then embracing chile s president. the miner s wife two, children, his father, all there waiting for him, smiling. crying and laughing. and then, just quickly as he arrived, he was off in an ambulance, rushed off on a gurney for mefd cal testing. more background now. again, these men have been trapped a terrible ordeal, more than 2,000 feet underground. the trip up in a rescue
fresh air. the trips have been going on for 20 hours and they started after midnight local time in chile with a 31-year-old father of two. the capsule broke the surface and avalos young son watched. and then dad stepped from that metal tube and got to give his boy a hug for the first time in more than two months. rescuers chanted the nation s name. chile! chile! and avalos embraced the president. even as chile exploded in relief, millions around the world shared the joy, bulletins bringing the news to china. to israel. to australia. this is 9 news. and to spain. these reports coming with unprecedented live video from 1/2 mile underground that showed