attempts in modern history. brothers below. they have been trapped underground for an unprecedented 68 days. 68 days. each miner has a new mumber. e.e greatest rescue. a special extended a special extended edition of .nightline starts right now. announcer: fr announcer: from the global esources of abc news with cynthia cynthia mcfadden and terry moran and bill nd bill weir live from the san jose mine in jose mine in chile. this is nightline, october 12, 2010. good even good evening, i m bill weir, welcome to a welcome to a most amazing scene out here. out here. it has the feel almost of a soccer party or a festival, but there is still a lot of anxiety in the air because the drama has just begun. fso farun. but fso far it seems triumphant or the first 17 of the 68 days the men the men were trapped in the bowels of the earth, bowels of the earth, they were tosumed dead. their will to survive launch aid feat of engineering including sigh y scientists, collective good
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amazing rescue under way right now in chile. it is just after midnight there, when the first miner was lifted to the surface. he was greeted with cheers of 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. reporter: diana alvear is at the san jose mine, where she s been watching this historic event unfold. diana, i know this particular story is near and dear to your own heart. that s right, vinita and rob. i m a chilean-american and i never thought i would 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. nair excited. they ll be here until the last miner emerges from under ground. chileans celebrated in the streets, as the miners, trapped under ground for 69 days, were brought to the surface, one by one, at the san jose min
earth to save 33 miners trapped underground. we ll have the latest. in the face of a looming and potentially worrisome mid term election season president obama is making a fresh attempt to convince american voters that his administration is, quote, hard at work on their number one concern, the ailing economy. despite those efforts, are there real fears that the country could be headed toward a double dip recession? i asked one of the president s top economic advisers about that very concern. i don t think we will have a double dip recession but it s clearly anybody should keep their eye on that. you saw at the jackson hole fed conference in wyoming that the fed is eying that. the central bankers from around the world are paying attention to it. i think if we pass a small business recovery bill, if we do what the president is asking and extend the middle class tax cuts, and if we go with this export initiative he s outlined various ideas to promote exports i don t think we
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