miners are in jeopardy. that mine where we lost 29 miners, massey energy owns it they had 1100, 1100 safety violations in three years leading up to that. larry: before we get back to michael moore, let s get to the san jose mine and karl penhaul is there, reporting tremendously on this for so many days. what s the scene like? reporter: absolutely tremendous scenes there, larry. the last miner out of the hole. luis urzua, now there is a man that understands his duty. there s a man who understands his responsibility. august 5th, when that mine collapsed, he was the shift foreman, and he had told the rescue workers that he wanted to make sure that all of the men on his shift were up to the surface safely before he boarded the fenix rescue capsule.
we re seeing rescue workers. let me ask you about those that are in the hospital. what sort of problems are the doctors seeing? they re dental problems, the men will have to have dental surgeries. they have eye problems. some have to have eye surgeries over the next few days. but it s really small things. the health minister said amazingly none of the men have significant problems. several of them, candy, will be released tomorrow. walking out of this hospital. released to their families. really given a clean bill of health. you have to remember, during the long days and months in the mine, they have been clearing tons of rubble that have fallen down where the drilling, some of the men jogging for mental well-being and to lose weight. several of the men lost up to 20 pounds to fit into the rescue
seen the fenix rescue capsule rise up that rescue shaft and deliver each miner one by one, back into the arms of the people they most love. there was, for example, a minor, mario gomez, 63 years old, he stepped out of that capsule into the arms of his wife, lila, then he took her knee, prayed to god and the virgin mary. rojas stepped out of the capsule into the warm embrace of the woman he has been with for many years, but while he was down, half a mile underground, he decided that when he got out it was time to marry jessica in a catholic church wedding, and that is now what they plan to do. there was ed isson bena, an electrician, part of the team that helped the 33 stay alive
[speaking in a foreign language] and the breaking news continues tonight, a few moments ago the last rescue worker, back on the surface. manuel gonzalez is his name. the first one down, last one back. he was also well, all the rescue workers, extraordinarily risking their lives to help 33 of their colleagues, their miners, now all back safe and alive. i want to check in once again with cnn s karl penhaul. karl, it s been a remarkable 24 hours, i think, for everybody involved. for you, what what happens now, what sticks out in your mind over the last 24 hours? reporter: well, i think, you know, you d have to go back to each one of those individual rescues and see at the moment that each miner stepped out of the fenix 2 rescue capsule and went back into the arms of the people they most loved in this life. it became a little bit routine
around, around the shaft, waiting for him to emerge. three rescue workers still down below. we first learned the miners were alive august 22nd. they d been down there for 17 days already. that was really the beginning of the story, at least in terms of the international attention. and, of course, the story is going to continue long after the reunions. tonight karl penhaul has been with the families throughout this drama. he joins us now. karl, what obviously for the families, this is the outcome that they ve been dreaming of. how did they spend today? reporter: absolutely it was an outcome that many, many occasions didn t even dare dream of. because when that mine first collapsed on august 5th, just the logical conclusion was that all 33 miners had been buried alive. but throughout the day, we have seen the fenix rescue capsule rise up that rescue shaft and deliver each miner one by one,