years old, who just stepped out of the fenix capsule. boy, their energy hasn t stopped, either. every miner that comes up, you hear the chilean chant. something you hear at the soccer games, which is perfect for carlos barrios because he s a huge fan and a regular player. he s stepping out of the harness, and there we go. [ applause ] [ applause ]
he is not going down with the ship because everything is good but he will be the last one. the faces of the families, the faces of the miners are indelible. they will be in our memories forever. but the capsule itself looks like a small makeshift market and it looks like it s getting bumped around badly. are they having trouble with the door or with the capsule in any particular way? they did say before they brought back anybody that they had a little trouble with the door of the capsule. nothing serious. they said it was nothing serious then and obviously it has been nothing serious because they have been able to bring up the miners. you talk about it looking like a rocket, it looks like it is sitting on a launch pad ready to take off. it is going down the center of the earth. sit a surreal sight.
some rock falls, some small rocks, breaking off from inside that rescue shaft and crashing into the fenix capsule even though it is made of metal. just imagine that the damage a heavy rock could do if it fell several hundred meters on to the rescue cage. that has not happened. rescuers are trying to avoid that kind of thing. the other problem rescuers have caused are very keen to avoid, any kind of medical problem with the miners themselves. that s why they re pumping a supply of enriched oxygen into the fenix capsule. that s why they ve made such a big effort. putting video and audio link booze sboo the capsule so the miners have constant communication with the surface. they can feedback technical information. if they begin to panic, they can immediately get in could not tack with psychologists as well. there has been every effort to mitigate any effects that might occur if that capsule started to spin on the way up. that is why over the last six hours, prior to these miners
address to the world, he said the conditions have to change, we can t go on like this. he has a very big megaphone now. dr. george bonanos, stay with us. it s great to have you describe what the miners are going through. we re crossing the half hour now. it s 5:30 on the east coast. one by one the 33 trapped chilean miners are being freed this morning. just moments ago miner number seven brought safely to the surface in the capsule called fenix and the emotional rescue bringing tears to millions watching around the world. again, what we re seeing right now is the beginning of operation number eight, as they lower that capsule down once again. all right. let s take a look at some of the scenes that we have seen so far this morning. the miners coming up in the fenix capsule. [ applause ]
middle-aged men. they have been in the mines and had more of their shares of adventures and mishaps in the dangerous line of work. this man, carlos mamani solis is 21 years old and certainly one of the least experienced. this was all very new to him. extodaynarily and suffered as bad as things can get underground and stimsurvived and survive he has. he is rescued miner number four about to emerge from the fenix capsule. there is a woman and the president of chile awaiting his arrival. his own president of bolivia has promised that he. these are very difficult times. all of the world s attention as they come to the surface.