times, a couple of practice sessions and bringing up three so far. and this is tape of the last individual no that s the o t first one brought up. here comes the second one.ee there were three individuals. avalos was the first and here was the second individual that n was brought up. his wife standing by.the thry emotional. the president of chile was there.feet t this capsule is 13 feet tall and 21 inches in diameter andile it moves one mile per hour. s at and it is about a 15-minute ride, and these individualsinrus have been instructed as to the t escape hatch at the bottom in case it get stuck. wea they have to wear headphones so they can communicate up above.as is an oxygen mask is in place. they are wearing protectivehelmt
they re calling it a miracle. 15 of the 33 trapped miners have been rescued. the 16th will soon be on his way up. and we were watching very closely the president of chile who has been there throughout. he was on his cell phone and he said something about, thank you, i will see you for tea at ten downing street. i think we can reasonably deduce from that that british prime minister david cameron was among the many world leaders who have given him a call. this has been watched with particular interest by countries that have strong mining interests, like the uk, like the united states and canada and there have been thousands of reporters who have descended on the desert there, places as diverse as north korea and russia and china and finland are there covering all these rescues and we re keeping our eye very closely on that mining site and
and he told me that, you know, all the fame and all the money, probably it will not go to their heads. that these people have gone through so much, that down in the bottom of the earth, they really discovered what is important. that family s important, that religion, it s important, and that the simple things in life are the most important things. so, you know, the psychologist does not expect that these people will change that much. and we also know reporter: their lives will, but deep in inside they will not. i think we have all been really impressed by the way not only they have planned for this rescue, but they ve planned for the aftermatha the president of chile, the folks who are running this rescue have pledged that this is not going to be a situation where they take them into triage, they check them
you mentioned, alesia, this is a point of pride for chile and the united states. it was a team from pennsylvania who said, try our drill. and brought the guys over there to be able to bore that hole. it is texas company providing the monitors that are around the abdomens of the guys making sure that the ride up is safe and places all around the world donated their time and expertise and a thousand different people who contributed to the rescue. we know people as diverse as hugo chavez and most recently we believe the prime minister at 10 downing street calling the president of chile who s been there throughout. you have to believe that barack obama will make a call at some point. absolutely. there s some there s a desire to parallel this somehow to the
i tell you what, we ve just about arrived at the magical moment we ve been waiting for to see the miners reaching freedom half a mile below grounds in chile. a number of my colleagues down there are watching. the president of chile, si bastien pineiera is speaking. the whole thing is immonen. i want to go to gary touch hahn. what in the world is the atmosphere like right now? we re at a vantage point we haven t been allowed to be at. it s where the men will come up. it looks like a sewer cap. a short time ago about one hour and 15 minutes, about 6:00 s