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Welcome back, everyone. you re watching our continuing coverage on cnn of the rescue of those miners in chile. the capsule is going down. you see it going into the cave now just about, let s see, 17, 18 minutes ago they brought up miner number 20. his name is dario segovia, number 20. and he is really a legacy, as they say, when it comes to mining. he was trapped. his dad was trapped years ago. his dad was a minler. his dad brought him into the mines as young as 18 years old. and so he is up and safe now and it was a very emotional re union with his family. now we re waiting on miner number 21. and this is all part of the story. we re not being salacious about this but this has been reported. this is the miner who self professed he has two families. he has a wife and a mistress. ....
about to interrupt there and talk over that. you can t write this. it s amazing. many of the guys who have been coming up have been showing that much spirit, coming out of there and cheering the rescuers on and the people who are watching. again, this is number 20. his name is dario antonio segovia rojas. 48 years old. here s the interesting thing about him. he s a carrier pigeon handler, second generation of his family to be trapped in a mine because his father, who was once trapped in a mine for a week, began taking him down into the mines when rojas was just 8 years old and his favorite just a little bit about him. his favorite chilean soccer team is cola cola. number 20 to come up. number 21 that s going to come up during our hours of course has been a very interesting person. besides probably the foreman he s the one talked about the most. this is the one self proclaimed of course who has two families. he has a wife and mistress. reportedly he asked his wife and mistress to be ....
May know should some sedation be offered for the rescue mission itself and that idea taken off the table because they felt it was much more important to communicate with the miners directly. have them wide awake for a two-way dialogue if necessary as they were being rescued. again, what you are seeing unfolding here, kyra, in some ways writes the playbook for how to conduct a rescue mission like this should it ever occur again in the future. but you re absolutely right. and i think that there were so many considerations including what is it going to feel like as they re brought through the tube and the small little capsule. sanjay, let s pause for a moment. miner number 12, edison pena coming in from the fenix capsule. let s just listen for a moment. ....
Welcome back to the live coverage in chile. standing by. miner number 22 starting his decent. miner number 22, his name was samuel avalos. and he s the one that served as the gas monitor to send greetings. also this, the political ticker, an update on what s happening around the country politically. and what s coming up for the midterm elections in less than two weeks. right after this break. ....
Were hugs there and lots of cheers. and all over chile, people are tuned to their television sets and they are waiting breathlessly for all 33 to come to the surface, as well as two rescue workers who courageously went down the shaft of the mine to get them out. you mentioned the president his approval rating is up today as well, as you can imagine. our fox news correspondent is in chile, watching this unfold. steve? reporter. easily 2:00 in the morning here in chile, but it s hard to imagine any people here are sleeping. this goes beyond any world cup soccer match. the entire world has been waiting and now watching as those 33 miners who were collapsed inside a secluded area on august 5 are now beginning to come to the surface. so far the operation has gone smoothly. that wheel behind me is spinning to the right in a clockwise manner. miner number 3, juan palma, 50 years old, should be out any ....