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24 hours. american investors taking money out of those big bank stocks, a big sign that they re concerned about how all of this will play out. david muir, abc news, new york. three of the rescued chilean miners are out of the hospital. the men left by a side door last night and got into the van, edison pena, and juan illanes. and carlos mamani. more miners to be sent home today and over the weekend. families and friends were organizing welcome home dinners, street celebrations and even a wedding. now that the 33 men are safe, we are learning much more about the terrible conditions inside that mine. here is john quinones with more. reporter: richard villarroel s wife was expecting a baby, while down below, the world caved in around him. the walls and the floor of the mine began rocking around he says, stones begin to fall.
he is going to be the 13th miner that s brought up. 27 years old. a foreman at the mine. he has a 5-year-old son and a fanatic soccer fan and also a regular player. he began mining ten months ago. he left playing sock tore do this. we ll carry that live as soon as it happens. meanwhile, here s our third miner that reached the top. [ applause ] that s juan illanes. he is a mechanic al engineer. he wore the sunglasses. he s retired from the chilean military. his family says that the letters that he sent to him displayed the trademark of humor and optimism. he showed it, too, taking off
the capsule after they have successfully brought up florencio avalos, mario sepulveda, juan illanes, now jimmy sanchez, five of the 33 trapped miners more than 2,000 feet underground now safely back on the surface. and they re going to get that capsule inspected and in shape before they bring it down for miner number six, osman arrayar. what we ve watched unfold, kind of a immediameeting of technolo faith, all of those things coming together in this successful rescue. 70 days after that mine collapsed. a little earlier i was on the air with kerry sanders and natalie morales who have been there for many of the days and weeks leading up to this
pressure s monitored, heart rate, respiration, so that they can make sure that every step of the way no one is experiencing any medical issue or anxiety, too much anxiety. there are men who do have medical conditions. some have heart conditions. one is diabetic. but all in all, the doctors who check them out said these guys are in the best shape right now. in fact, one of the miners there it goes, launch. here we go, liftoff. rescue number three under way. juan illanes. you know, chris, we talk about that. but as we look around us, this really is a moonscape, the desert here. interesting seeing the design of that rescue capsule. looks like a rocket ship. the very first images we saw of it it looked like there was fog or smoke around it. and it really gave you that impression that these were men,