The Chile mine rescue... slow but steady

The last miner to be rescued, Luis Urzua, who is credited with organizing trapped miners to ration food and save themselves, gestures next to Chilean President Sebastian Pinera (R) at the end of the rescue operation at San Jose mine in Copiapo. (REUTERS)
A video still made available by EFE shows the rescue of Chilean miner Ariel Ticona inside the capsule Phoenix going from 700 meters underground up to the surface at the San Jose mine, Copiapo, Chile. The 33 miners were trapped 700 meters underground, since last 5 August. (EPA)
Chilean miner Franklin Lobos (L) holds a soccer ball next to his daughter Carolina Lobos (R) after being rescued from 700 meters underground in the capsule Fenix to the surface at the San Jose mine, Copiapo, Chile. The 33 miners were trapped since 05 August. (EPA)
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera speaks with the last miner to be rescued, Luis Urzua, credited with organizing the miners to ration food and save themselves, at the end of the operation at the San Jose mine in Copiapo. All of Chile's 33 trapped miners were rescued from deep underground in a special capsule on Wednesday as an extraordinary two-month survival story many call a miracle triggered wild celebrations. (REUTERS)
Chilean miner Pedro Cortes is taken to hospital on a stretcher after being rescued from 700 meters underground to the surface in the capsule Fenix at the San Jose mine, Copiapo, Chile. (EPA)
People watch the rescue operation of 33 miners trapped in Chile on a large screen at the Chilean Embassy in Washington, DC. A complex, against-all-odds rescue of 33 miners trapped in Chile for more than two months transfixed this nation and the world, with wild celebrations breaking out at its successful completion late at night. Approximately 250 persons met at the embassy to watch the rescue operation in San Jose. (AFP)
Residents cheer when the first rescuer reached the underground refuge of the miners trapped in the San Jose mine, while watching on a large screen in a public square in Copiapo. (REUTERS)
An official helicopter flies next to the rescue plattform before the start of the rescue operation of the 33 trapped miners at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile. (EPA)
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera, in red jacket next to the capsule, and other officials and rescue workers greet as rescue worker Manuel Gonzalez Paves is lowered in the capsule into the mine where miners are trapped to begin the rescue at the San Jose Mine near Copiapo, Chile. (AP)
Mining MInister Laurence Golborne and rescue chief Andre Sougarrete, right, hold hands as rescue worker Manuel Gonzalez Paves is lowered in the capsule into the mine where miners are trapped to begin the rescue at the San Jose Mine near Copiapo, Chile. (AP)
Residents cheer when the first rescuer reached the underground refuge of the miners trapped in the San Jose mine, while watching on a large screen in a public square in Copiapo. (REUTERS)
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera (C) watches the first dry run of the descent of the unmanned Fenix 2 rescue capsule, before starting the rescue operation of the 33 trapped miners, at the San Jose mine, near the city of Copiapo, 800 km north of Santiago. (AFP)
In this photo released by the Chilean presidential press office, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, sitting bottom right holding hard hat, and his Mining Minister Laurence Golborne, second from left in red jacket, meet with relatives of the 33 trapped miners at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile. (AP)
In this photo released by the Chilean government, a police officer patrols across from where family members of 33 trapped miners set up 33 flags at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile. (AP)
Two policemen stand guard next to the camp where journalists from all over the world cover the rescue operation of the 33 trapped miners, San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile. (EPA)
A handout photograph provided by the Chilean Presidency shows Chilean President, Sebastian Pinera (2L), along his Minery Minister, Laurence Golborne (L), and his Health Minister, Jaime Manalich (R), cheking the zone on the camp next to San Jose mine, near Copiapo, Chile. (EPA)