who, robbie, do you think will profit most from this? you have the miners, but people will try to build business around them and make money. they re all wearing the oakley sunglasses, what, $450 for those? yeah. not many chileans in that part of chile are going to be buying $450 glasses. is it oakley that s going to profit? the companies that drill the hole? the chilean government? the president who wasn t particularly popular up until this point. that s right. he sat with the miners throughout the entire rescue operation. that s a great question. because what s going to happen is, there s a difference between having a strong reputation that you ve been building professionally and notoriety and quick fame. so everyone involved in this who have been working to build their reputation, the technology to get them out of the ground, you know, anybody who is can benefit from this will because of the business that they re in. for these folks, they ll get a
why would they just be coming in now? reporter: yes. yes. because what happens is after they re taken from the mine, they have about a two-hour checkup at that field hospital, then they re allowed some time with their families, then they re put on a helicopter, flown here. there s a military base just about a half mile away from us. then they re driven in from that military base, that military helipad, the copiapo regional hospital where they ll spend the next few days. they re letting the public see this brief glimpse of them as they re wheeled in. they re wheeled in in hospital scrubs. they have those dark, thick, oakley sunglasses on, and they re looking around, very curious as to who all these people are clapping and cheering them on as they re wheeled into the hospital. they ll be here for a few days getting a full barrage of tests. medical officials wanted to make sure they re healthy, mentally and physically before released back to this community, back to their families, ander
[ chanting ] it wasn t just around the nation but hospital, too. i think every place in chile, one of the miners actually is in intensive care. he got pneumonia and others need dental surgery. apart from that, all 33 expected to be fine. let s go ahead and check in with the hospital now. patrick oppman is there. seeing this excitement this early or this late now? reporter: absolutely. and cnn political journalist and todd baxter and i were there and i don t know if there s an admission and people got a standing ro sa standing ovation. amazing thing is as the miners went by, some in wheelchairs and scrubs and oakley sunglasses, just as interested in us and
they re wheeled in. they re wheeled in in hospital scrubs. they have those dark, thick, oakley sunglasses on, and they re looking around, very curious as to who all these people are clapping and cheering them on as they re wheeled into the hospital. they ll be here for a few days getting a full barrage of tests. medical officials wanted to make sure they re healthy, mentally and physically before released back to this community, back to their families, anderson. patrick, appreciate all the reporting you ve been doing over these last 24 hours. i know it s been a long 24 hours for you. want to bring in dr. kimberly manning of emory university. dr. manning, they re still wearing the glasses, some of the miners are still wearing the glasses. how long do they have to keep glasses on for? how long is the eyes adjustment to light an issue? this has really been a precautionary measure. and really the thinking right now is they ve been in darkness for so long, that the eyes have been dilat
it s really amazing. what a difference a day makes. yesterday we were counting and watching the drama and the emotion yesterday as the miners started to ascend out of that they were entombed duown there. take a look at this picture. these miners showed off their hospital outfits today when they reunited for the first time since their rescue. notice they still have to wear those special sunglasses to protect their eyes from the light. the ones that were sent by oakley sunglasses, donated to them. most of them expected to get out of the hospital today. so here s a question. what a whirlwind this has been. trapped underground for 69 days with the whole world watching, wondering how you re doing and if you re going to make it out alive. just watch as the last trapped miner surfaced late last night.