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Chileans Work to Ensure Miners Survive Weeks After a Collapse

Chileans Work to Ensure Miners Survive Weeks After a Collapse

It was a remarkable tale of survival from the depths of a collapsed Chilean mine: After more than two weeks of failed rescue efforts, a video camera threaded deep underground captured the first images of 33 miners, all alive and apparently in good health. Officials said it could take as long as four months to dig a new tunnel wide enough to lift the miners to the surface.

 

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