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