and maybe you'll inspire them to get to the polls. people have got to vote. we cannot go back to what we had during the eight years under bush and cheney. that was a catastrophe that we're living through now, obama inherited it, unfortunately he didn't really go for it, but we'll give him a couple more years to do that. >> larry: out of time. >> if you could just take it away right now and just continue my thought i'd appreciate it. >> larry: thank you, you're waeching michael moore live and we turn it over to anderson we turn it over to anderson cooper and "ac 360". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com i'm not going to continue the thought but i'm going to continue the coverage. thanks for watching, everyone. last night we witnessed history as the first of 33 miners was removed from the dark dungeon they'd been living in for 68 days. operation underway right now, five rescuers still underground waiting their turn to make their long journey to safety. that's what it looks like from the top of the rescue capsule moments ago, there you have one

of the last people coming out of the mine. this is the first rescuer arriving on the surface just moments ago, we'll be covering this over the next two hours as we follow the action on the ground, plus some of the most dramatic moments from over the last 24 hours, and what a 24-hour period it has been. take a look, images from deep underground a few moments ago, six rescue workers, before one of them made his way to the surface, holding a sign reading mission accomplished. their work done. now we want to watch to make sure they get out alive. the mission is not over, until all the men are out on the surface. they got 33 miners out, and now they themselves are heading home. it is not over yet. and as you saw, one just came up. we're going to be bringing you their climb to the surface as it continues to happen throughout the night. we're live over the next two hours. a short time ago, those rescuers, the six men underground helped the last of the 33 miners into that pod. this is the moment we saw

through down below. take a look. luis urzua, the foreman, leader of the group, leaving. let's listen. [ applause ] >> he chose to be the last of the miners to leave the underground dungeon they had been living in. he arrived to cheers on the surface, sirens and hugs, just a short time later. let's watch. [ cheers and applause ] [speaking in a foreign language] >> a report to the president that all of the 33 miners were out, the president hugging the mine officials, lifting going faster than at first. the entire operation proceeding quicker than expected, all angles of it beamed live around

the world by the chilean government. live pictures above ground, below ground, even from inside the rescue pod itself. a remarkable show of confidence with 33 lives on the line. when it was over, luis urzua spoke with chile's president. take a look. >> translator: we have done what the entire world was waiting for. these 70 days that we fought so hard were not in vain. i think the first several days -- i can't even explain it. but we had strength. we had spirit. we wanted to fight. we wanted to fight for our families. that was the greatest thing. these workers, i didn't know them much, but i learned how

to -- i began to know them. what was the most difficult moment, the most difficult moment was that we're -- there were very difficult moments. but -- but was when the air cleared and we saw the rock -- when i saw the rock, it just made me -- i just thought i was in a movie. and many thought it was going to be a day or two days, as always. but then when i saw the rock, i -- i just knew. and then we knew how to manage the situation, the first couple of days, then, you know, some

things happened that weren't the best. but we learned how to keep our composure. i'm happy that there weren't any big problems. you have no idea how many -- all the chileans shared the anguish, the hope and the happiness. i think the first five days we were sure there was working done on the mine, but we thought it was just going to be difficu difficult -- in my experience, i knew it was going to be difficult. the way things were. at the beginning, we didn't know where you were. we didn't know if you were dead or alive. until -- until this arrived.

we cried. and all the homes in chile, we cried. the emotion, we'll never forget this. the anguish and the anxiety and then the happiness, the happiness when the last one came out, the captain, the boss. >> that was luis urzua talking to the president, the president showing him the note that was pinned -- that was put on a drill when the first drill, after 17 days, when these men had been trapped for 17 days down below, a drill finally broke through. they put a note on that drill, and that drill went up. and that's how the people on the surface, that's how chile's president knew that the miners were alive. that was a remarkable moment for everyone, and, of course, that began the true rescue operation to actually once they'd located them, knew they were alive, that's when this drama all began. another miner, you see a live

picture, right now another rescuer leaving the mine, heading toward freedom. just a few rescuers left underground. we're going to be bringing each of their ascents to you live. 33 people now breathing fresh air who weren't before. the rescue workers making their way back up, all ending this way, a tribute to a lot of hard work, daring and expertise from around the world. even from america. tonight we're going to tell you about all of it, minute by minute, miracle by miracle. we're going to talk to bear grills from "man versus wild" in particular we're going to folk with us him on those first 17 days when the miners were trapped. very little light. they had a few lights on their helmets. they were rationing a little bit of tuna, a little bit of mackerel, rationing water, once every two days. they had no idea if people were looking for them, if people were going to be able to find them. we're going to talk to bear, a lot about how you get through a situation like that. let goes right now to gary

tuchman who is at the mine. gary, it has been just a remarkable 24-hour period. we're still watching these rescuers now being brought to the surface. this thing is not over, and it's important not to kind of move on and there's still folks underground, very deep underground who are still at risk. >> reporter: there's still risk involved, and that's why we're keeping a careful eye on the spinning wheel which indicates the rescue workers are coming up. once all the rescue workers are up, they will then close that mine shaft over there for eternity. this has been a very inspirational evening. last night when this began, officials believed that this vehicle that they were using, this rocket-like vehicle, almost looked like a toy. that's what's so interesting, when you see it, the remarkable video on the bottom of the mine, the audio, and when you see this shoot up through the ceiling, it almost looks like an amusement park. it never carried a human being

until the first human went down there yesterday, got to the bottom, we were all greatly relieved and the first miner went up. it was 15 minutes but it felt like an hour and 15 minutes. when we saw that rocket come through the hole, everyone started clapping. the family reunion happened here, and then we were watching and watching. we couldn't get enough of it. i'm not just saying that for the journalists here, but i'm saying that for viewers all over the world who watched this on television. we can't get enough of these reunions, it is absolutely wonderful. it wasn't nearly as tense when we got to the second, the third, the tenth, the 15th, the 20th. just the video the chilean government provided when people got together, kissed, hugged, told their stories, it's absolutely wonderful. and then tonight, 22 hours after it all began, the 33rd and final miner, he was the site supervisor, cape ume up and thas

it. nobody has ever survived this long underground, but it would have been absolutely squat if they weren't able to rescue the 33 men, and indeed they were. >> where are the miners now? >> reporter: most of the miners are currently in the hospital about an hour and 15 minute drive from here, a 15-minute helicopter ride. >> so you say most of them are still in the hospital, and in terms of their medical conditions, what have you heard? we're going to have a report from the hospital a little bit later on, but what are you hearing? >> reporter: right. right. this is the absolutely good news. no major medical issues whatsoever. a few of the miners had some minor issues, miners with minor issues. miners with minor issues. but nothing major. it's been the absolute best possible result they could have imagined. these guys are in terrific shape. maybe a better shape because they were given a proper diet, making sure they were

psychologically okay. this is just wonderful good news. >> so we're still waiting for the third rescue worker, you can see all his colleagues gathered around, around the shaft, waiting for him to emerge. three rescue workers still down below. we first learned the miners were alive august 22nd. they'd been down there for 17 days already. that was really the beginning of the story, at least in terms of the international attention. and, of course, the story is going to continue long after the reunions. tonight karl penhaul has been with the families throughout this drama. he joins us now. karl, what -- obviously for the families, this is the outcome that they've been dreaming of. how did they spend today? >> reporter: absolutely it was an outcome that many, many occasions didn't even dare dream of. because when that mine first collapsed on august 5th, just the logical conclusion was that all 33 miners had been buried alive. but throughout the day, we have

seen the fenix rescue capsule rise up that rescue shaft and deliver each miner one by one, back into the arms of the people they most love. there was, for example, a minor, mario gomez, 63 years old, he stepped out of that capsule into the arms of his wife, lila, then he took her knee, prayed to god and the virgin mary. rojas stepped out of the capsule into the warm embrace of the woman he has been with for many years, but while he was down, half a mile underground, he decided that when he got out it was time to marry jessica in a catholic church wedding, and that is now what they plan to do. there was ed isson bena, an electrician, part of the team that helped the 33 stay alive

down there for so many days, a mad elvis presley fan. i wonder what elvis song was going through his head as he rose to the surface again. stories like that. each of the 33 miners have a story to tell. >> it's getting difficult to hear you, karl, just because of the background noise near where you are. we'll come back to you later on because there are so many incredible stories, these families are just now getting the chance. as soon as each miner was brought up they were allowed to be with their loved ones, no more than than three family members, just a few seconds, a short period of time. then they were brought to a hospital tent, a triage sent that had been set up, then to a medical facility for more intense treatment. from the beginning the chilean government has sought out expertise from all around the world, especially from the united states. we know they consulted with nasa. we talked last night to two nasa personnel who had been consulted. an american drilling team

punched through to the miners in record time. two men brought in from afghanistan. a lot of people from a lot of places helped make this happen. let's talk to dennis o'dell from the united mine workers of america. you've been watching this throughout the day, we have never seen something like this before. never before have people been underground so long and survived. >> no. you know, and sadly, you know, when we've seen things like this happen in the past, anderson, you know as well as i do the outcome has not been a happy ending like we've witnessed and seen here at this event. so it's just a joyous occasion to see that the end result is like it is and it's been successful and all the miners are out and they're healthy and with their families again. and you know, it's finally good to see something like this occur where the outcome isn't what we've seen in the past, and that's a major disaster, where there's deaths involved. >> you know, as we rejoice in the survival of these 33 men,

often as you said, we've seen too many cases where people don't survive. what do we need to learn from this incident? what can we take from this moving forward? >> well, you know, that's something we're going to have to talk about and talk about in a very near future. there should be an investigation that takes place to find out what occurred, what caused this to happen. you know, were there short cuts taken? did they really take all the safety precautions necessary as they mine? i saw where there were some poor safety record and some violations that occurred at this mine. i'm in the process right now in the middle of an investigation at upper big branch where 29 miners were killed here in west virginia, one of the worst mine disasters we've had in over 40 years. and so we need to learn, you know, from what occurred there, thank god that these guys are out and they're safe, and we've got them home, but we need to find out what caused that so we can prevent it from happening again in the future. you know, we need to look at the top conditions and find out what we could have done better, make

better escape -- means of escape for mine erz. not just one escape but give them a couple means of escape so they don't have to barricade themselves and wait for somebody to drill from the top like they've had to here. so there's a lot of things we can learn. >> are you surprised -- and again, we're waiting for this third rescuer to come to the surface. are you surprised at how the condition of these miners after 69 days? a lot of them have been able to stand, able to talk, and, you know, kind of run around, even. >> well, you have to give credit to those that headed off this rescue and the resource that's they brought into this from throughout the world. what we've seen is they knew they were going to be down there for an extended period of time, so they brought in the resources that they knew they had to keep the miners occupied, they knew they had to give them games like dominos to keep them occupied, establish communications with their loved ones outside, make

sure the nourishment they were receiving was the right kind of nourishment. so because of this, i'm not surprised because they planned this out properly so our hats have to go off to those people that planned this from the very beginning. i think they've done an excellent job in that respect. >> yeah. in terms of -- i mean, how difficult an operation has this been to drill through this material? i mean, they were giving worst case scenarios this may not happen until december, and we're watching, we see the pod very close there, the fenix capsule very close there, bringing up this third rescue worker. as we watch him come up, how tough has this been in terms of drilling down through that, that rock? >> i think from the beginning -- >> let's just watch this -- i'm sorry, dennis, let's just watch this moment unfold. let's just listen. >> okay. sure. [ applause ]

>> dennis, let me ask you another question about these rescue workers. they really, you know, everyone thinks this thing is over, there's still three men down below. these guys risk their lives every time they go into the earth. >> yeah. you know, sometimes we don't tell these guys how much we do appreciate them. why don't you think about that for a minute? those guys who were trapped underground, they were there without choice. these guys made a choice to put their life on the line to go underground to help rescue these guys and bring them out. so i mean, you just -- you could imagine rescue workers throughout this world do that every time there's a mine disaster. they put their lives at risk. so they have to be, you know, well commended on what they do.

>> no doubt about that. you see the capsule now going back down, they're trying to get through this as quickly as possible. still three men down below. our coverage is going to continue. dennis o'dell, thanks. we'll talk with you throughout these next hours. join the live chat now, talk to viewers in the united states and around the world now watching this live at ac360.com. we're live until the midnight hour until the last of the rescuers is safely on the surface. just ahead, in addition to everything else happening live as it happens, the closer look at what it takes mentally to survive. what if you were in a situation trapped somewhere or in a survival situation? what does it take to get through? we'll talk to bear grills. >> i think one of the hardest emotions to deal with as a survive ser the not knowing. not knowing what rescuer will ever be able to reach you, not knowing if anyone is even looking for you, those are hard emotions to deal with.

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>> chi-le! chi-chi-chi-! le-le-le! los mineros de chile! >> that's minor jose ojeda waving the flag, we'll bring you the most incredible moments. no doubt you missed these as they were brought out, as you were at work, we'll bring you the moments witnessed by everyone around the world as we wait for the final rescuers. the miners are out, the rescuers are down below, three men still down below. that capsule is still descending now. they're going much faster. we anticipate these three rescue workers should be back up, certainly by the end of this next hour. we have a much better idea now

of how the rescued miners are doing physically with the exception of one miner who is being treated for pneumonia. two need extensive dental surgery. patrick oppmann is at the hospital where the miners are being treated. what is their condition? >> reporter: anderson, there's 17 miners in this hospital behind us, and we're told today by the chilean health minister they're in surprisingly good condition. none of the men will face any serious health problems as a result of their two-plus months in captivity, and you're talking a moment ago about remarkable moments, a remarkable moment a few hours ago, watching the final rescues, you hear shouting coming down from the windows, the men are on the second and fourth stories of this hospital, and they were watching the rescue of their colleagues, watching those rescues.

the same rescue they'd experienced earlier in the day or late last night. and started chanting, chile, chile. the family members were down in the lobby, you could hear their chants. you talk to hospital workers and they said every single patient in this hospital was watching the coverage, including the 17-most important patients, the 17 miners. we're expecting to see more of those helicopters bringing the miners to this hospital. anderson? >> patrick oppmann, appreciate it. dr. kimberly manning joins me now, assistant professor at emory university medical school. she was with us last night. dr. manning, it sounds like the conditions of these miners is not very serious. there is acute pneumonia, obviously serious for that miner, and skin lesions on the eye. how would that have happened? >> they were in such a damp quarter. it was very dark in the area, and then you must remember, it was very, very hot down there. 85 to 90 degrees. and so some of those infections that have been reported are what

we call fungal infections. any infection caused by a fungus really thrives in that type of environment. think of things like yeast or athlete's foot or even jock itch, those are things you'll see in the warm, moist, damp circumstances. >> were you surprised to see i mean, how well they all looked, walking around just fine, none visibly out of breath? they all looked like they were in pretty good condition. >> i'll tell you, anderson, many people were so surprised after 17 days these gentlemen were alive and in such high spirits. anything is possible with this group of gentlemen. so i have to say i can't say that i'm completely surprised they're doing better than what we anticipated. like we've said all evening long, we've never, ever seen anything like this. and for us health care professionals, we have nothing to go by. what we can do is speculate and

make assumptions of what could have happened, but we're all learning so much as this unfolds. and it's exciting to see that folks are doing so well. but as we mentioned before, this has been so, so traumatic, that i just will be very surprised if the miners can escape some of those psychological effects. >> you know so much of the studies i've read on people in these kind of conditions basically are astronauts or people, you know, health workers in antarctica, researchers there, people that have been in isolation. but what makes this different is that darkness these men experienced for these past 69 days. talk a little bit about how that can affect somebody, not just in the short term, but also long-term, what it does to the body, and one's mental health, to be living in complete darkness and how they worked to have a light area and a dark area, a light area using lamps and some l.e.d. lights that might trick their body into

being in some sort of a rhythm. >> right. so this is specifically what we refer to as the cirkadian rhythm, it's a 24-hour clock that regulates all the physiological processes of the body. so things like how you -- how active you are, how your muscles move, how alert you are. those things are tied to the rhythm and follow a light and dark cycle. so it was very, very tough, very likely for those gentlemen in the first 17 days, but once they established that light/dark area, that may have helped some at night. they did have a red light to sort of mimic moonlight, if you will. and i think what we've also learned is that things aren't exactly what we thought. some of the gentlemen were moving around a lot more. they had more free rein and roam of the mine than we once realized. so some of what we imagined isn't quite exactly what the miners are telling us once they came up. so i think they've just been a lot -- doing a lot better than we expected, and perhaps that

light/dark cycle they were able to mimic did in fact keep them on some type of cycle. >> yeah. we knew the area, the room that they were in was about 600 square feet or so. but because there were tunnels in this mine, they did have access in areas they could walk in and go to and perhaps most importantly from a health standpoint, another small area, another area that they actually used as a toilet area, just for health reasons, sanitation reasons, and sort of reasons of personal dignity, that would make a big difference having a separate area where they could go relieve themselves. dr. kimberly manning, appreciate your expertise. what it takes to survive an ordeal as gruelling as a mine glaps. bear grylls joins me ahead. >> it's the spirit that i'm never, ever, no matter what happens, i'm never going to get up. that really is the heart of a survivor. may be possible. in pursuit of this goal, lexus developed the world's most advanced driving simulator, where a real driver in a real car

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[speaking in a foreign language] >> chi-le! chi-chi-chi-! le-le-le! los mineros de chile! [ applause ]

>> unbelievable. that was mario sepulveda, the second miner pulled to safety. he narrated a lot of the videos we've watched, leading the cheer. he was pumped, i mean, just -- watching it sends chills through you. hard to believe he'd spent more than two months underground. we've seen over and over, the miners were pulled out, how resilient they seem after all they've been through. how strong they are. few of us will come close to experiencing what they've survived. not anbeeven bear grylls, host "man versus wild." we want to talk about how these men survived, how all of us could survive in any dangerous situation. i was interested in the first 17 days when the miner his no idea if people were looking for them. if people just assumed they were

dead, had no idea if they were ever going to be rescued. i talked to bear grylls via skype. from a survival standpoint, what stands out to you about this story? >> it's such a long period of time, you know? it's hard to kind of get a grasp of just what it must be like to be underground for that amount of time. i've kind of endured storms on mountains, being stuck in snow holes for long periods of time, but we're always talking kind of days, rather than weeks and months. and, you know, i think just the reality of what these guys have gone through is going to take a long time to recover. and i think what would happen is that there would be a mass euphoria initially of those outpouring of emotion, but it's actually kind -- that's a honeymoon period. the hard time i think people find, for the survivors, would be a month or two down the line when you've processed the emotions you've kept a lid on all that time under the ground. >> the other thing that stands

out to me, especially those first, 16 or 17 days after they've realized they were trapped, when they weren't sure if rescue was coming, they weren't sure if anyone was going to be able to find them. they're in pitch-black conditions, in a room about 600 or so square feet, there's 33 of them. that's got to be the toughest time, even for guys that are used to being underground, just not knowing if anyone is going to actually find them. >> really terrifying. and i think one of the hardest emotions to deal with for the survivor is the not knowing. not knowing what rescue will ever be able to reach you. not knowing if anyone is looking for you, you know, those are really hard emotions to deal with. once they realized there was a glimmer of hope, how ever small that glimmer was, then you can start to set into that routine. but that initial not knowing must be very frightening. i think also the fact that your senses become deprives of everything we take for granted, like light, warmth, sleep, rest, you know, even things like family, love, children.

you know, you start taking all of that away from people, and, you know, stuff happens. and i think all emotions get very heightened. so the good emotions, the bad emotions, things get blown out of proportion, and i think for these guys, they pulled this off and they survived this, it's something they should be so, so proud of. and what an amazing experience for them to go through. >> and for those first 16 or 17 days before the drill got to them, they were basically surviving on little pieces of fish. i read mackerel and tuna that were already in the mine and obviously water. how long can someone go just on that kind of a diet? >> well, you're into survival food, then, you know, but your body can last, you know, up to like 40 days without food. they're on very limited rations, they can survive a while. but again, it's measured in weeks. the important thing for them was water, which they did have. but again, you know, you're really reduced to basic levels

in life. and you've got to just admire that fortitude and that courage and the way they must have worked together. it just shows that human beings, when we're really put up against it, actually we're all survivors underneath it, regardless of how we see ourselves and we struggle with this or struggle with that. but actually when we're squeezed, we're like grapes, you see what we're made of, and these guys should be really, really proud. wow, what an amazing journey. >> what is your advice for people who find themselves in a survival situation where they don't know if rescue is coming? i mean, what's the key? >> i think three things. one is keeping positive. you know? it's kind of easy to roll off the tongue, but out of everything, just seeing things always as half full, and everything has hope is so important. the other thing i think is being inventive, keep thinking of clever little ways that, you know, inventing and improvising things. and the final one, really, the most important one, is just the

spirit of saying i'm never, ever, whatever happens, i'm never going to give up. and actually that really is the heart of the survivor. and that's what these guys have shown. >> is this an experiment you would want to try on your show, being underground for this long? >> no. three months, that's -- no. i'm -- you know, we tend to take five or six days to film "man versus wild" and at the end of that, i'm well, well ready to get out thereof and get home. i admire these guys so much, i've been praying for them, and i'm so glad to see them on the way to safety. i once went 3 1/2 months without a shower, and it took me about a month to smell normal again. i don't know what these guys are going to smell like at the end, but what a journey and i'm so glad they're on the way out. >> bear grylls, appreciate your time. >> take care. >> amazing. just ahead, more coverage from chile. an incredible and historic night continues. not over. all the miners may be safely above ground, but the rescuers

have not yet sursurfaced. we're following them every step of the way.

welcome back to our continuing coverage of the rescue operation still underway. you see there the large picture on your screen, mine officials waiting for the rescuer, the fourth rescuer to emerge from the shaft. two rescuers still down below. there are other stories we are

following tonight, though, let's get a quick update on some of them. isha sesay has the bulletin for us. anderson, both the u.s. and mexico are continuing to search for an american reported missing despite the murder of the lead mexican investigator in the case. david hartley's wife, tiffany, says he was shot to death while they were jet skiing on the mexican side of falcon lake. she says david was murdered, but his body has not been found. the obama administration plans to file an imminent appeal of a judge's order banning the enforcement of don't ask, don't tell. the pentagon's policy that bars openly-gay service members. the white house says that while the president opposes the policy, the law should be changed by congress, not the courts. the senate candidates in delaware faced off tonight in a debate as a new poll today shows chris coons with a 19-point lead over republican christine o'donnell.

and now that all those miners in chile have been rescued successfully, anderson, it looks like their lives are about to change financially. there's a report that each of them will receive $10,000 from a chilean business tycoon. each will receive $400,000 to exclusive television interviews. they've been invited to travel to europe, company as parentally are lining up to oven dorisment deals. those other free gifts such as ipods and apparently plenty of job offers, anderson. that's a lot of moolah they're looking at. >> let's hope they handle it pretty well. live pictures now, the fourth rescuer has emerged from the capsule, just seconds ago. here you see his colleagues hugging him, welcoming him home. and you'll see how quickly they try to get that capsule, the fenix capsule, back in the ground, going down to pick the two men still below. let's listen in just here.

[speaking in a foreign language] >> translator: how was the trip? it was good. did the cage behave? yes. >> the rescuer being asked about -- >> translator: everything was fine. >> the voice of the translator describing what they're saying, that it's hot and humid, obviously we've goen known that,

85 to 90 degrees. they've been having problems with that gate from the beginning. the operation was delayed a little bit last night if you recall in the early hours because of the gate on the fenix capsule. but one of the rescuers being asked whether or not there were any problems with it, he said there weren't. i want to show you some pictures from last night, that frankly i think took everyone's brael ae' away. live 2300 feet under the ground, when the fenix capsule made contact, the first time these miners had had human contact from someone above, the first rescue tore go down there. we did not expect or prepare to be watching a shot from down below as it happened. we heard rumors it might happen. at first we didn't know what it was. we shouldn't have been surprised, perhaps. what has made this so gripping is the extent to which we've been utterly connected to it. we've watched nearly every

second of it from almost every angle thanks to the chilean government, which didn't forget that we live in a digital world. we also heard, as you're hearing now, the radio communication between miners underground and the officials above, who are watching this in realtime on that computer screen. this video image was taken off their computer screen. chad myers joins us now to talk about this technology and how it all happened. chad, it's incredible planning on chile's part. this thing looked like a tv production, the way it was wired from just about every angle. >> no question about it. now, we do know that they used that technology so that they could see how far the capsule was coming down. and when it was going back up, as long as they knew it wasn't getting a little bit bent. let me show you what they did to make this different. this is your typical web cam. you can hook this up to any computer and you can talk to your grandmother on the other side of the country if she has another one just like this. you see her, and she sees you.

the problem is the cord length. about 25 feet. even with a very good usb cord, you can go about 25 feet away from your computer before you start losing data. you start losing intensity of the camera itself. so how did they do it? how did they make this 2,000-foot drop? well, it's the same way i'm talking to you. a little bit less sophisticated, but we're talking, you and i, on fiber optic. we're not going back and forth on the satellite. that's why you and i don't have a satellite delay like you might get in the desert. well, the 2,000 feet they dropped this fiber optic cable down was attached to a video transmitter that transmitted the video on fiber optic, straight up one of those other holes that was drilled in the surface of the earth all the way down to the miners. they hooked up the video transmitter to a small little camera. it went up to the top, plugged into a laptop, and we were able to see the miners as that shaft,

and the fenix 2 was coming down into their area. we could see it live, literally no delay whatsoever. and so could the people up above, pushing the -- letting the cable come down, to see how far that fenix capsule was going into the mine. they didn't want to crash you to the bottom, clearly they didn't want to damage it any time they went up and down. they made sure there was nobody standing in front of that camera every time that fenix capsule went up and down. >> they had also done this previously so that the miners could have contact with folks on the surface, not only family members, but also psychiatrists and counselors in case they were having emotional problems. >> no question about it. and in fact they had even -- if this was going to go on all the way until christmas, they were going to find a way for every miner to possibly have some type of internet connection as well. we know this happened a lot quicker than christmas, and every miner is very happy about that. >> yeah, we all are. chad, thanks.

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>> chi-le! chi-chi-chi-! le-le-le! los mineros de chile! >> reporter: and there the by now traditional chant, it sounds like a soccer chant, but it's not. it's a chant in support of the chilean miners, the 33 that have spent more than two months now trapped half a mile underground, but that ordeal now, franklin lobos, former soccer star, is over. >> so many remarkable moments we've seen over the last 24 hours that. was our karl penhaul. this is who the family was waiting for, the moment they'd been hoping for. 33 miners now home safe. rescuers, two, still underground. on the right side of your screen, you see it there. one has come home to a new daughter named esperanza, also obviously the translation of

that name is hope. another returned to a soap opera and a mistress. one is going to graceland. i want to go back to karl penhaul now. karl, we heard the story of the miner who had a mistress and a wife on the scene. who was there to greet that miner? >> reporter: well, today johnny barrios hoped he could go in the back door, he had gotten in hot water over who really was over the rightful wife. but today the woman that was there to greet johnny barrios as he came back to the surface was his girlfriend, his mistress, if you like. the woman that he left his wife to go and live with. johnny barrios calls her chana and she calls him "my titanic." why is that? because the pair of them, they say, absolutely love the movie "titanic." she told me that when i talked

to her about one month ago. and she said that when yonni barrios came out, they would likely lock themselves at home for many days and watch the movie "titanic" once again. but yonni barrios on a serious point, has played a serious role because it was him who was known to his colleagues as dr. house. it was he receiving instructions from the medical officers up above. it was he who carried out all the medical tests, the urine tests, blood pressure tests on those 33 miners to make sure they were healthy, any infections were treated. so he is in hot water with his love partners but that gives us example that these were somewhat unremarkable men, and since august 5th, they've been called

upon to do absolutely remarkable things, anderson. >> yeah, and we're watching, karl, just so you know, on the right side of our screen a live image from underground. the capsule arriving to take the fifth rescue worker up above ground. there's just two men left. you see both the men there. one of them is loading his stuff into that capsule. and then he will make the long journey up. and then there will just be one man still to be rescued and then finally we can say that everybody, everybody, has been brought back alive. and that of course will be yet another joyous moment in the many we have witnessed over these last 24 hours. it's interesting that you talk about dr. house and the role he played, the medical role he played. each of these miners was assigned very specific tasks, and this was done prior to the world knowing they were alive. the miners organized themselves in those first 17 days to keep themselves busy. but afterward as the experts came in and nasa officials came in, their advice was to give

them very specific tasks in order to keep people occupied, that it was important that people weren't just sitting around doing nothing. that everybody felt they had a role to play. correct, karl? >> reporter: that is absolutely true, anderson. but make no mistake, if it hadn't have been for the miners organizing themselves for the first 17 days, they would never have survived. they would never have lived to tell the tale. and i suspect it was the last man up, the shift foreman, luis urzua, who had a tremendous hand in organizing these men who had a tremendous hand in rationing out the food. there were just about 120 cans of tuna for the 33 men for those 17 days. work it out. it's a can of tuna every four days. not a lot to survive on, but each time we saw luis urzua subsequently in video the miners sent up, he was surrounded by plans and diagrams. never said a lot, but he was constantly planning. he was the last man up today. clearly a man who knows his

responsibilities. clearly a man who knows his duties, like the captain on a sinking ship. he wanted to see all his men safely to the surface first. and when he was received by president sebastian pinera on the surface, the president simply looked at him and said, mr. urzua, your shift is over. that shift that began on august 5th, anderson, has now come to a close. all 33 miners are back on the surface safe and sound. >> yeah. and we just saw the pod leaving the -- that -- what had been a dark dungeon for 33 men for 69 days and now just the one rescue worker all alone by himself down there, waiting for the capsule to come down one last time. and as we watch now, everybody on the surface waiting for that fifth rescue worker to emerge t will probably take ten minutes or so for him to make it to the surface. karl we'll check in with you in the next hour, we're live all

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welcome back to "360." we're live through the midnight hour, bringing you the latest, this operation still underway, history still unfolding in chile where we've been witnessing truly something no one else has ever seen before. 33 men, never have so many men been underground for so long and been brought back alive. one man, still down below, the fifth rescue worker heading to the surface right now. obviously you can see kind of the mood of -- has lifted. there's levity. there's nothing but smiles all around. such a different scene than it was 24 hours ago at this time, before that first person had emerged, before the first miner had emerged when no one was sure, would the tunnel hold.

would the capsule work. would everything go according to plan. and it has gone according to plan without any doubt. we've seen it, witnessed it every step of the way. the men who helped bring 33 trapped miners out, more than two months of confinement, now themselves heading home. let's remember -- and here he is, this is the fifth rescuer. [ applause ] >> i'm sorry, this is tape from earlier today. they chose the mission, they're risking their lives going down, now coming back up. this is one of the rescue workers emerging from the tunnel earlier tonight. right now all but one rescuers have made it back alive. [speaking in a foreign language] >> being thanked by the minister and head of the mines, being thanked for all he's done, for representing his country. the last miner, i want to show you the moment we witnessed in the 9:00 hour tonight, the last

miner, luis urzua, leaving t the -- leaving the mine. >> chi-le! chi-chi-chi-! le-le-le! los mineros de chile! [ applause ] >> this moment happened about two hours ago, him being cheered on by the rescue workers who stayed underground. six men underground. then the other moment i want to show you is what happened after he emerged on the surface. there you see the rescuers hugging each other. a job nearly completed. this is the last miner, out alive, luis urzua, arriving earlier tonight. the lifting going faster than at first. the entire operation proceeding a lot quicker than expected. let's just listen. [speaking in a foreign language] [ applause ]

>> reports the chilean president saying that they're in perfect condition. when it was over, urzua spoke to chile's president, sebastian pinera. let's listen. >> translator: we're all so happy. morale would fall, but we had strength. we had strength for the workers. your son was here, your family was here. they never lost hope. every time i came to the mine, they said, they're alive. they're alive. they're alive. i think i believe those of us had faith, that held on to hope, that some day we'll be rescued. we thank god. that the first 17 days, the

first 17 days you almost didn't eat. we had very little food. the last -- we were eating very little, because we want to leave something for later. you haven't seen it, your daughter. we love you. you deserve to celebrate. i think this is a moment in history. there's a reason why god does things. i hope this will be for the best. maybe this will be an example. you are not the same. and the country is not the same after this. you are an inspiration. go, go hug your wife and your daughter.

>> and that, he certainly did. this, the fifth rescue worker now about to emerge. lets listen in. [ applause ] [speaking in a foreign language] >> translator: now the doctor's not going to look at you because he just left. [ applause ] >> translator: you have accomplished your mission. congratulations. great job. great job.

>> and you see behind, very quickly, they're trying to get that pod back in the ground, back for the last rescue worker. the last rescue worker to emerge, manuel gonzales. if the name sounds familiar, he was also the first rescue worker in the ground. in a moment we'll go to gary tuchman who is live on the scene. as we do, i want to try to pull the videotape from manuel gonzalez from 24 hours ago when he first went down, and first got -- made contact. i want to be able to show you the moment that these miners first met manuel gonzalez, the first human contact they had had, just to bring this full circle, so that we have the moment manuel gonzalez went down. we'll also bring you live the moment he leaves this mine. the last human being left down in this mine. let goes to gary tuchman now, who has been on the scene now for a very long 24-hour period. gary, we're very close to being able to say once and for all that this has been a completely

successful operation, and that everybody has been brought back alive. one person left. >> reporter: well, that's right, anderson, on a very cold night in the north chilean desert, there's a very warm feeling because of that success. all 33 miners are safe and are back home, and probably within the next 15 minutes, all the mine rescue experts will be out of the mine, and the mine, that tunnel, 2,100-foot tunnel, will be empty forever. you know, it was exactly 24 hours ago precisely to the minute, anderson, that the first miner came out behind us. at this point, it was an amazing moment. our hearts were in our throats. we were quiet because we were so concerned and worried. we weren't necessarily sure this would work. they had tested this capsule, they tested it without human beings. so when they sent the mine expert down, a half hour before that, he made it to the bottom, the dungeon, the so-called dungeon, but then the miner came

up. it was a relief for the family, the journalists and the world watching. the tension was released. there was relief. but seeing the emotion, from family members, from their friends, was just overwhelming. you can just never get tired of it. these miners are so fortunate in so many ways, fortunate they were rescued. fortunate they were found. but something we haven't talked about much, but survived the initial collapse on august 5th 678 t the geology of this area, it's full of boulders. here's one of the boulders sticking around right here. if this boulder by itself falls on your head, it will kill you. it's one boulder. there were 33 miners, none of them got hit by the boulders. when you think about, it it makes you quite scared for them, that maybe they wouldn't have

been found ever. but they were found, they have been rescued, and it's a really good news story, a great ending over this 24-hour period. anderson? >> yeah. and we're waiting now the capsule moving down to get manuel gonzalez, the last rescuer to leave this mine. the last human being left in this mine, also the first rescuer, as i said, to greet the miners. i just want to show you the video we were stunned to see. we didn't know it was coming last night, when manuel gonzalez descend descended, and made contact. let's just listen. [speaking in a foreign language]

[speaking in a foreign language] >> this, being watched above by the chilean president, mining officials watching this on a laptop, as we were watching it. a camera was present, so this is literally what they were looking, and the voices you hear are both people above the ground watching, clapping, but also miners below ground. and there you see manuel gonzalez, the first rescuer hugging and being applauded by the other miners. beautiful moment. so now, it seems fitting that he will be the last to leave this mine, we want to bring that to you live, of course. so stay tuned, we're going to take a quick break as we follow this, the capsule still

descending. you can see that the live picture of manuel gonzalez right now waiting, waiting for the capsule to emerge. you just see him in shadow. he is being watched very closely, and they're having a conversation with officials above ground. we're going to bring you his -- there he is. >> translator: don't forget to say good-bye at the end before you jump inside the cage. >> let's take a quick break so we can capture this moment live. also some of the medical hurdles some of the miners now face. we'll be right back. ice 1) we've detected an anomaly...

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proven better on pain. okay, you're looking at -- let's listen to the conversation between mine officials above the ground and manuel gonzalez, the final rescue worker underground. let's listen. [speaking in a foreign language] >> thought there was going to be a translation, it's been sort of intermittent. >> translator: superhero of the

33. that sounds great, doesn't it? manuel gonzalez the hero of the 33. that sounds great. the guru spoke. not much longer now. not much longer. okay, i feel it. it's closer. it's getting closer. 300. 300 meters. halfway through.

there's a book here. there's a book here on how they should -- they should communicate with the press and talk to people. somebody took it up with them. we saw you reading with a lot of interest. now we know you were praying. for 160 meters. not much longer now. not much longer. we kept praying for everything to go -- >> we're showing you on the left-hand side of the screen, the lower side, that's manuel gonzalez 24 hours ago when he was first getting in the capsule to be the first rescue worker down to the miners.

clearly very different mood, the man you see now, talking on the right-hand side of your screen, waiting to be the last man out, and before on the left-hand side. let's listen. >> translator: i've been away from home for a week, and i can't imagine what it must have been like to have been away for 70 days. that must have been terrible. the happiness that they felt when you arrived, it was -- it was immense. it was -- they would hug each other. it was -- it was such hope. because they realized that it was -- it was going to work. they saw the first one leave, we

were telling them you need to stay calm, to pray, to sing, with roberto, he just made a little show, and then they just left happy. they were calm. when they were leaving. we're really happy. here it comes. here it comes. you have to clear because you're going to be back here every year. how are you? good. we're waiting for you up here with very anxious, we're waiting for you. this is it. we're almost there. you want to see the capsule, the images of you arriving there were incredible. i was -- i felt such a rush of emotion. i had a knot in my throat.

i felt the love. i felt their love. it was like as if the rescuer had arrived. it was an incredible moment. i almost cried, because i felt the love. they hugged me, they -- >> we're going to show you the left-hand side of the screen. the images they're talking about when the first capsule came through with manuel gonzalez, that was 24 hours ago on the left-hand side of your screen. you're about to see on the right-hand side of your screen the capsule to come manuel gonzalez, the last human being under the ground, to take him to safety. to take him to his life. >> translator: this will be the most amazing memory. and the arrivals of each one of them up here, it was unbelievable. and, of course, the last -- and, of course, the last one, the general, they were all beautiful. there wasn't -- not even one -- here it comes. here it comes.

there, it's arriving. okay, manuel. we'll wait for you up here. manuel, don't forget, don't forget to say your good-byes in front of the camera. a little bit lower. they're going to -- >> again, the left side of your screen, you're looking at 24 hours ago when manuel gonzalez first arrived in that mine, being greeted by the miners. all the miners now have gone on the right-hand side of your screen. the capsule has arrived, let's listen in. >> translator: we're waiting for you up here, so come up.

being in the depths of that mine by yourself, wow. you're a big man. [ cheers and applause ] >> translator: you're a big, big man, manuel. he's bringing his rocks. careful. he's entering the pod. he'll give us a signal for the ascent, to begin the ascent. and that's the signal. >> manuel! >> translator: copy that?

we're beginning the ascent. [ applause ] >> and there you have it. slowly, slowly, manuel gonzalez, the last human being underground, is heading home. we're going to take a short break, and we'll show you what happens when he gets to the surface. we'll be right back. it is the promise that compels us to make the journey from wonder to discovery. the science of chemistry, our guide.

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everyone is gathered around. can you see more of a crowd of mining officials, the last rescue worker heading to the surface, manuel gonzalez, also the first rescue worker to go down. each of these workers has risked their lives. and manuel gonzalez has left the mine. we'll show you that video as we saw it a few moments ago right before the commercial break, that's on the bottom left-hand side of your screen right below me. that's the capsule for the last time leaving the underground tomb that these 33 men and these six rescue workers had been in. and now he is on the short road home. we should be saying. he's probably about five minutes away. we'll continue to bring you all of this -- this is truly the end of what has been a remarkably successful rescue operation. gary tuchman is on the scene as well, and, gary, we'll just -- what happens -- what happens on this location once manuel gonzalez gets up top? i mean, do they just start to break this thing down?

are there still family members all around? what's it like around the location of the mine? >> reporter: camp hope, which is what this area has been dubbed, has been very crowded the last few weeks, with more than 1,000 people at most, in the last few days more than 2,000 people, many news media, police officials and the family. but we expect this area will become what it has been for eons, empty, barren. there is nobody who lives here. and right now there are no creature comforts, no bathrooms, no showers. we are sleeping in tents on the desert sand. it is very primitive. but it is a city that has been created because of the hope that the family members would see their loved ones again, and indeed that's what's happened over the last 24 hours, all 33 men have come home. >> we've been trying to let our

viewers try to experience this as much as possible, without us talking, so i want to bring you to what is happening now around this mine, as these men who have risked their lives, who have spent the last 69 days trying to get these men out of the mine, have gathered to bring their comrade home. let's just try to listen in, see if they are saying anything, and just kind of experience this as they are experiencing it. >> translator: 200 meters. >> chile's president is there.

. >> kind of making jokes about the sound that the siren makes when each of the miners was being brought up, imitating the sound. many of these mine officials, they have become like family over the last 69 days, as they worked literally around the clock, trying to figure out how to get these men out of the

earth. they had three different drills working, three different plans, plan a, plan b, plan c. it w plan bat afghanistan, brought in directly from the field in afghanistan, working on this mine, standing all day in shifts, both day and night. i talked to one of the drillers last night who said that you literally have to stand to feel, to feel it through your feet. to feel where the drill is going, how the drill is going, what progress is being made. and plan b certainly worked, beating all expectations. that's chile's president right there. minister of mines to his right. >> translator: here's a lid.

>> while we're waiting, seeing it on the right, on the left-hand side, maybe we'll put up those first images of manuel gonzalez as he first descended 24 hours ago, and the levity we're seeing now, the happiness, the relief of all those who have gathered. it was a very different picture 24 hours ago. when manuel gonzalez carefully was loaded into that capsule, taking some last breaths of oxygen. and beginning a journey that, frankly, no one knew how it would go. they hadn't had a human being in the capsule who went all the way down. they didn't know if the shaft that they had drilled would hold. >> translator: how's it going? things are going well. we're waiting for you right here.

>> they're actually yelling down now to manuel gonzalez. just moments away now. >> translator: slowly, slowly. >> again, this was manuel gonzalez on the left side of your screen 24 hours ago, being loaded down. first man down. and here he is, about to emerge, the last man up. >> translator: we want your autograph. three, two, one. zero. [ cheers and applause ]

>> and with that, history has been made, completely successful operation. the first time man has been underground that long and survived. >> chi-le! chi-chi-chi-! le-le-le! los mineros de chile! >> translator: how did it go? how did it go? very brave. very brave. thank you. thank you. thank you, so much. thank you.

mission accomplished. we were able to rescue the 33 and the rescuers. thank you. [ applause ] >> translator: mr. president, excellent. did you leave everything in order down there? are the beds made? you didn't turn off the light. when you ordered, it's done. 70 days. first anguish, then hope, and now the happiness of having accomplished this mission. manuel, you were the last one down there. what was your last thought? mr. president, that i hope this never happens again.

i hope that the chilean mining will be different. that i hope things will be done correctly and that small mining things will be done correctly. this is what i want. in some days we'll be announcing a new treaty, protection dignity, to protect all the workers in chile. not only mining, but also in transportation, agriculture, mining, fishing, industry, but with this rescue team, we're ready for anything. i will ask all these rescue workers that, they have the final judgment, to come rescue us, and rescue us from -- where some of us are going to end up for a couple seasons.

it's been a long journey. but now we are proud of the miners, of the families of the miners, and we're proud of the chilean rescuers. this team of rescuers that was able to reduce the time of the rescue from an hour to 20 minutes. guys, you have won the appreciation and gratitude of all the chileans. you deserve it. [ applause ] >> chi-le! chi-chi-chi-!

le-le-le! 6 trb wub. >> translator: we're going to remove the pod. >> there in the center of your screen, you see the capsule that made it all possible. in this world of high-tech computers and high-tech devices, it is a relatively simple, relatively primitive piece of

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and we are back watching the breaking news tonight, manuel gonzalez, the final mine rescuer, back on the surface. putting a cap on the shaft. patrick oppmann has new video from the hospital where some of the minors are. patric patrick, what are you hearing from the hospital? >> reporter: more of the miners are arriving, we saw several of them being wheeled in. and what a scene it was. they've let the public, the towns people of copiapo, they've lined up from keeping us getting too close, and wheeled the men in. as you would imagine, anderson, they got a standing ovation. people were going absolutely crazy. the miners were just as interested in us and the crowd here as we were. we're playing video from when luis urzua came to the surface.

that was the reaction of some of the family in the lobby when they saw the final miner, again, scenes of incredible emotion, incredible passion, and for these people to finally have all miners above ground, there is a mining community -- sorry, go ahead? >> patrick, you're saying you saw some of the miners being brought in recently. where are they being brought in from? are they being brought in from the sort of field hospital down in the mine? why would they just be coming in now? >> reporter: yes. yes. because what happens is after they're taken from the mine, they have about a two-hour checkup at that field hospital, then they're allowed some time with their families, then they're put on a helicopter, flown here. there's a military base just about a half mile away from us. then they're driven in from that military base, that military helipad, the copiapo regional hospital where they'll spend the next few days. they're letting the public see this brief glimpse of them as

they're wheeled in. they're wheeled in in hospital scrubs. they have those dark, thick, oakley sunglasses on, and they're looking around, very curious as to who all these people are clapping and cheering them on as they're wheeled into the hospital. they'll be here for a few days getting a full barrage of tests. medical officials wanted to make sure they're healthy, mentally and physically before released back to this community, back to their families, anderson. >> patrick, appreciate all the reporting you've been doing over these last 24 hours. i know it's been a long 24 hours for you. want to bring in dr. kimberly manning of emory university. dr. manning, they're still wearing the glasses, some of the miners are still wearing the glasses. how long do they have to keep glasses on for? how long is the eyes' adjustment to light an issue? >> this has really been a precautionary measure. and really the thinking right now is they've been in darkness for so long, that the eyes have been dilated or in a period of

dilation for so long there was fear that the gentlemen could damage the retinas by the exposure to the light. really that period of adjustment isn't very long. we would anticipate that in -- as soon as maybe 48 hours or so these gentlemen can come out of the glasses, maybe even sooner. but really in terms of being specific, they'll need to be evaluated by ophthalmologists or eye specials who i'm sure can give the green light on when those can come off. >> dennis o'dell, we just heard the last rescuer, manuel gonzalez, saying to the president of chile, i want to make sure this doesn't happen again. we have to make sure mining is done right in this country and that workers are protected. obviously there are protections in the united states, though clearly we've seen a number of instances where -- repeated instances where it hasn't been enough. but in chile, in a mine like this in a very remote region, how much oversight is there, really?

>> well, you know, it's unclear, anderson. you heard, not only the last rescue worker come out that said that, but you heard some of the miners say that we want to make sure this doesn't happen again in the future. so it makes you believe that the regulations probably aren't as strict as they are in places like we have here in the united states and canada and australia and some other places like that. so -- but i did hear the president say that that's something they were going to look at, is better worker protections not only for miners, but for all workers throughout the entire country. so hopefully as a result of this, which unfortunately, you know, you and i have talked about this in the past, too, is usually the way you only get changes is by the blood of miner -- or catastrophes like this. this is going to force them to make some changes in the way that they do business. they're going to have to take the attitude that profits have to come behind safety. safety has to be the number one priority. so hopefully people heed to

that. >> especially, chile's president has been all over this event and has been front and center these last 24 hours. appearing on camera just all around. so certainly he seems to be at least staking his public persona on, you know, standing with -- with the miners. let's see if he follows through and the safety, that mines have second exits. this didn't have a second exit. there was really only one way in and one way out of this mine, correct? >> correct. that's almost unheard of, if you think about it. because, as we've seen, anything can happen. so i think that's one of the first and foremost things they have to look at, is better support, as far as the rough conditions go, and have a primary and secondary means of escape. a lot of that has to take place as a result of this. and i would think that if they're going to make any real changes, and they want to be serious about it, that's something that they have to put

into steps immediately. >> dr. manning, you know, obviously there's so much attention now on these miners, that can be a blessing and a curse, obviously, you know it's like somebody winning the lottery. we heard earlier about money being offered to them, and life-changing offers. these are guys who earned about $1,000 i think to $1500 a month, which is a huge salary in chile. in multiple times what the average person earns there. but we're hearing big dollar figures being thrown around for exclusive interviews. what -- psychologically, how concerned are you on the impact of not just what they've been through, but what they will be going through, in terms of worldwide attention and interest in them? >> there's definitely going to be a new normal for all of these gentlemen, and i think that is a very big concern of many health care professionals, specifically i'd have a really big concern about the possibility of substance abuse. things like alcoholism. the reason for that is that usually if you think about problems with substance abuse

and any type of addictive behavior, you see that in extremes. extremes of happiness, and extremes of despair. and these gentlemen will be going back and forth between both of those things, with all that's happening. i think with all of the attention, their families will lose a lot of privacy. it will be very difficult for some of the individuals, say, for example, the oldest of the miners, 63-year-old mario gomez, i think his names, who actually had been mining since he was 12 years old. this will be a huge life change for him. and he may just suffer from panic attacks, panic disorder, making him not want to go back toward a mine. so this will be a new normal. it will be very tough for them psychologically. >> we're told these are live pictures from inside one of the hospitals, the last miners arriving at the hospital. so you are seeing these pictures as we are seeing them. we're going to be right back. our coverage continues to the midnight hour. ♪ another dollar

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[speaking in a foreign language] >> and the breaking news continues tonight, a few moments ago the last rescue worker, back on the surface. manuel gonzalez is his name. the first one down, last one back. he was also -- well, all the rescue workers, extraordinarily risking their lives to help 33 of their colleagues, their miners, now all back safe and alive. i want to check in once again with cnn's karl penhaul. karl, it's been a remarkable 24 hours, i think, for everybody involved. for you, what -- what happens now, what sticks out in your mind over the last 24 hours? >> reporter: well, i think, you know, you'd have to go back to each one of those individual rescues and see at the moment that each miner stepped out of the fenix 2 rescue capsule and went back into the arms of the people they most loved in this life. it became a little bit routine

toward the end of the day, to see the fenix capsule going so smoothly up and down. but what was completely not routine was the way that each family celebrated in its own way, a rebirth of sorts for the miner and a rebirth of sorts for the family. because this is what all the families i've spoken to have said, that this really does mark a before and an after. these miners and their families cannot simply go home and pick up the pieces of a normal life. their lives have now been changed forever. and tonight, here in camp hope, there very much is a feeling of what now? they've been through some of the most intense experiences of their lives, and now tomorrow is a very different scenario, anderson. >> no doubt about that, everyone involved lives' will change in

one way or another. karl, appreciate all your reporting, not just over the last 24 hours but over the last 69 to 70 days, as you have covered this really from the beginning of this horrific incident that began, seemingly so long ago. you're looking at live pictures on the right-hand side of your screen from chilean television. the last of the miners being helicoptered to the hospital. this is the road some of them will be driven down in order to get to that hospital. we'll have more on the family reunions that riveted chile and the world. slap! ] ow, ow! [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum ta tum tum tums

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moment that's would literally send chills down my spine, everyone's. 33 men safe tonight. each man pulled out of the shaft like a rebirth, as karl penhaul was pointing out. tom foreman takes a look back at the most remarkable moments. >> reporter: mario sepulveda rose out of the earth, hugged his wife, then embraced his whole country. >> chi-le! chi-chi-chi-! le-le-le! los mineros de chile! >> reporter: i was with god and the devil, he said. god won. the long night ended for the youngest miner, jimmy sanchez, 19. for the only foreigner, bolivian carlos mamani. and the note that told everyone,

we're alive. at 63, mario gomez, the oldest, was the first freed in the new dawn. he kissed his wife and prayed. so did others. esteban rojas, trapped with two cousins, asked his wife to renew their wedding vows while trapped below. she said yes. edison bena led elvis songs. she had a baby while he was below. victor zamora and his wife are expecting one. i hope this new life ahead of

you is happy, the chilean president told him. so it went, around the clock. and finally, the last man. the leader for all the trapped miners, luis urzua. you have been an inspiration, he is told. the country is not the same after this. ♪ >> reporter: then they sang the chilean national anthem, a song of hope, unity, and strength for people who have shown so much of all three. ♪ >> reporter: tom foreman, cnn.