sebastian pineiera is there as well. and i would imagine the mining minister on the scene. there he is, number 22 coming up now. applause. as it s happened 21 times before. it takes a little bit for them to release him, unbuckle him, and open up that capsule. then you can see the people standing by waiting for him as always. they re anticipating this, they can t wait. the emotion is palpable. so we re listening to the rescue of 43-year-old samuel avenue loels. lives here in the region.
do we know who s standing by waiting for him, carl? no, we know he has children as well. so i imagine that his wife and two of his children will be on standby to see him. he had not worked that long in the mine. he d beenhere for about five month ms. but i guess it was his brother that said, hey, this job s going here. and it s a steady wage. and for that reason, he left his job as a street vender to take up what could have been a fatal job. luckily as i say that we ve been saying they all played as a team there, don. and it s very we see the folks that are standing by waiting for him to come up, number 22. not just a number, his name is samuel avalos, again, the person who keeps an eye on everything to make sure they weren t going to be overcome by noxious gas. you can see the president,
those rescued, the faces waiting down below. hold on to that thought quickly. i want to get back to that. let s show that tweet from the president. do we have it up? here s the tweet from the president. here s what the president of chile has been tweeting there in spanish. they wanted to thank everyone for their support in all of this. let me get the translation. he is saying thank you very much also to all who have sent me messages and encouraging words. this day has been special. the president of chile. hold on to the thoughts about the other person coming up. we will get to him. but in many ways, the best way to save all of these men was one
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this story. by the scores of media, this had everyone s attention right now. it does now. but we ve been down there the whole time. the whole time. it makes me proud to realize our men and women have been down there. 14 men and women on the ground there. gary is on the ground there. 15 if not more he was traveling through. here we go. here we go. this is the picture we were talking about. all of these people are being kept in one specific area. people from all around the world want to capture that magical moment. the celebration as president sebastian pineiera with the men being extracted. we ve built p built this capsule, a mock of the phoenix if you will. not to be a bucket of cold water, these men are still down there. incredibly dangerous. the cables have to hold, they have to go around a number of turns because the bit didn t go all the way down straight. there are a lot of things that could go down wrong.