"hip hip hooray"
Chilean rescuers moving at a rapid pace pressed ahead with the operation to free 33 men trapped half a mile below the earth's surface for more than two months.
Rescuers freed the 27th miner as family members and hundreds of international media held vigil. The pace of the rescues quickened throughout the day, with some men rising to safety within 30 minutes of each other.
The 26th miner rescued, Claudio Acuña, 34, has worked in mining about 10 years. According to CNN, he's married, has a daughter and is the youngest of eight brothers.
"We have lived a magical night, a night we will remember throughout our lives, a night in which life defeated death," declared Chilean President Sebastian Piñera, who welcomed the miners as they emerged from the rescue pod one at a time. (latimes)
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..truly a day to celebrate life, the decency, honour and respect the miners have shown is heartening and inspiring.
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