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They have removed the rig that sits at the top of that hole that sort of monitors the line. so i think what we re going to see there momentarily we re not controlling these pictures, by the way, which is why they change. that s the picture from the rig. that is the picture from the fenix, as it emerges with the 18th miner in it. you re going to see that break the surface at any moment now. you re watching the rescue of the 18th minor. esteban alfonso rojas carrizo. he is 44 years old. you ll see the top of the fenix rig. there it is. you are seeing a camera. there we go. there he is, 44-year-old esteban alfonso rojas carrizo, the 18th minor to be rescued, 44 years old, the carrier pigeon handler, testing the air quality in the mine. at this point, by the way, once they re trapped, there wasn t a whole lot he could do with that information. we don t know whatever happened to the carrier pigeons, but this is the man we know asked his wife to marry him. ....
They up the regulations some. but the big problem is not the regulations, but the adhering to the regulations. they try to enforce them, but they re not there all the time. the mining companying, the miners themselves, they have to enforce those laws on themselves. and if they re taking shortcuts, that s when eventually they re going to have another disaster. bruce, we thank you for being with us during this hour and during this exciting moment. esteban rojas, free. the 18th miner. that does it for us for this edition of andrea mitchell reports. tomorrow on the show, d.c. public schools chancellor michelle re. i bet you can guess, of course, we re keeping our eyes on the rescue mission in chile. we just watched the 18th minor, esteban rojas, brought to the surface. the entire world is watching this. more than half of those 33 ....