we hear that she is waiting for him right now at the surface. that will be the reunion to see. i am looking forward to that one. adam housley is on the scene for us. adam is this the girlfriend being taken over to the scene right now? reporter: yeah, it is. he s been dating her for 25 years, and he sent up that message, esteban rojas is his name. he sent that message up to her saying he wanted to get married when heee merged. she ll see him for the first time in person. this trip up began about two or three minutes ago. it s been taking anywhere between 12 and 14 minutes, there s only been two slower than that. again you ll be seeing him emerge here in about ten minutes, maybe a little bit more than that as he heeds up here above ground, he ll be the 18th miner rescued at this point. if everything continues to go we ve heard from the minister of mines that they expect to finish overnight and maybe as early as early tomorrow morning, which is
megyn: fox news alert, we are just about 20 minutes away now or less from the next expected rescue in chile. the miner about to be pulled out is the one who proposed to his girlfriend via veo conference while he was underground. his name is esteban rojas. in one of the video conferences he had he decided to pop the question to his girlfriend after 25 years of a relationship. it took this to actually make him realize what he had i guess. we ll see their reunion we hope momentarily. for 69 days, 69 days, 33 miners were trapped half a mile underground. it is the longest everyone has ever been trapped and survived in a mine like this. a missile-like capsule bringing all the men to the surface back into the arms of the ones they
never before have men who had been trapped so deep for so long been rescued alive. nothing about this story has a parallel in history. right now, miner number 18 is being pulled up. the 2,300 feet from their living room-sized quarters. and let me tell you about this new miner. esteban rojas. he is 44 years old. he s aer carrier pigeon handler. he asked his wife of 25 years to renew their vous with him, this time in a traditional church ceremony. he did this from underneath the ground. he sent that message up to his wife. his wife always wanted a traditional catholic wedding. he never thought that was important. now he says i want to marry you in a church. the story cannot but move you. may have seen some of these pictures, but there are probably pictures you haven t seen, like this one. brand-new video. look at this. this is the camera on top of that fenix capsule, as the miners get pulled out of it. this is the view that they see. it s incredible. it s dark. it s narrow. 28
omar regatta is the 17th and latest miner to be lifted out of the shaft. he and his 32 fellow miners have been stuck more than 2,000 feet underground since august 5. that s when 140 million tons of rock collapsed around them. they survived 17 days before people even knew they were still alive. rescuers thought they wouldn t be able to get them out until december. but the delicate drilling process went more quickly than expected. the miners are being pulled up in a capsule through a shaft not much wider than a manhole cover. the first miner emerged just after midnight chile time and they have been coming out every 40 minutes. so far they all appear to be in good physical health and no one has required any special medical treatment. no one has survived trapped underground longer than these 33 miners. people in chicago with chilean roots are watching the rescue with great anticipation and holding their breath. that s right. wgn s nancy loo is live on the north side with more
joy, and chants and plenty of hugs. it is a spectacle that will go on all day, and well into tomorrow, until all 33 men are finally free. a rescue operation like this has literally never happened before. diana alvear is at the san jose mine, where she s been watching this historic event unfold. diana, i know this particular story is very near and dear to your own heart. reporter: that s right, vinita and rob. i m a chilean-american. and i never thought i would be able to see anything like this happen and be able to witness it with my and eyes. five miners have been rescued. 18 more to go. everyone here is singing. they re excited. they ll be here until the last miner emerges from under ground. chileans celebrated in the streets, as the miners, trapped underground for 69 days, were brought to the surface, one by one, at the san jose mine. they blew their horns, sang songs and cheered, as they watched on large plasma screens. families of the men were at the site to greet