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.