they were our ears and our eyes downstairs. that s why they sacrificed themselves and they are leaving last. thank you very much. give me the coordinates. mechanic is fine. we are all in place. attention. miner number 32. nurse is fine. mechanic is fine.
all brought up to safety. all appearing to be in good health. waiting on number 24. you see jose enriquez. you can see him. that s where they were trapped for 69 days. what an emotional experience it is when they get out of the capsule at the surface and the family members and friends greet them and the rest of them waiting at the surface as well. not going to miss a moment of that. also here on cnn, more on the big debate tonight. the delaware senate debate. wolf blitzler be co-moderating that debate and he ll do a curtain raising for us to tell us what to expect.
it s a signal to the independent voters. there are a number of independent voters in the state. republicans think that o donnell isn t qualified to be a senator. the fact that castle there wasn t a point to write in candidacy. the fact she s not going to endorse her is a real signal to the independent voters on what he thinks and that s a real problem for her. it s a new castle county executive. it s the accidental candidate here. he s not considered really a professional politician the way mike castle was. so i think in a way it works to his advantage this year. do you think it makes a difference for coons that they re endorsing him. i think it won t. i don t think it will hurt.
in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and you are in i m wolf blitzer, and you are in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com this is live pictures now, and the rescue operation continuing. this is from pictures half a mile underground. the next miner going to the top is franklin lobos. he is 53 years old and served as a electrician in the mine, and he played professional soccer at one time. he is about to get into the capsule, and once it reaches the ground, we will see it come in and this is going to be miner number 27 who will be rescued out of 33. gary tuchman has been covering the story for us so ably over the past several days. he has watched it all unfold. gary, we talked a little bit about lobos and like so many of the miners, every one of the miners has a personal story.
up from this mine in just moments. standing by on the ground, carl penhaul. number 22. he monitored the gas in the mine. everyone did something to keep everyone else alive. we ve seen different individuals come out of the hole today. we can tell you a story. we see someone come up like mario selvepovida. he s flashy. and the first man out of the hole, he was quiet and did the video work. and here, 22, the guy who checked the gases, he, in fact, is the elder brother of the