please remember, the spin stops right here. because we're definitely looking out for you. r health, the thousands of chileans. >> sean: this is a fox news alert. moments ago rescue crews at the san jose mine in >> reporter: this is a pull the 33rd and final miner out to freedom completing a rescue that began late last night. the first miner was pulled two the surface 12:04 a.m. local time,. the rescue capsule pulling them to safety did not rotate as much as officials thought, allowing the crew to take faster trips under ground and back up. the miners were trapped for 69 days half a mile underground since august 5th, when the mine they were working in caved in. for 17 days no one knew if the miners were dead or alive.

tonight we have complete coverage from the mine in chile, as the rescue draws to a close. members of our medical team, shepard smith will be joining us. but first to the president of chile as he makes some public comments. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ chilean anthem ] ♪

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>> you have been the most important support down there. thank you very much for you taking care of my family, which was very difficult. the first days it was really difficult. i hope that this will never, ever happen again. very nice to meet you. we had a conversation always saying the truth. and the trust should keep existing between us. thank you very much. it is very important to communicate. [ applause ]

>> thank you very much, thank you. we were all psycologists, it was very important. the number 70 shift, that's how it is, thank you very much. i thank you very much for everything. keep going the way you are going. thank you very much for what you did, thank you. you are the most popular person, oh, yes.

thank you very much. you have done an excellent job. we did what the people were asking and expecting from us. 70 days. 70 days of struggle. 70 days of fight. but we had the strength. we had the spirit to keep struggling and to pull it through. it was really great.

i didn't know the workers, but our time of course i got to know them. >> sean: 24 hours ago when we came on this program it was everybody's hope, dream and aspiration we would see a celebration as we see unfolding with the president of chile tonight. all 33 miners now have been safely rescued. we go back to our own steve harrigan standing by live at the mine, where the celebration continues. steve, by all accounts, our best case scenario, it would take 36 hours. it took about 22 by my count to get everybody out. >> reporter: that's right this government has set deadlines and then beaten them. this rescue operation went faster.

originally they thought it would take one hour for each miner to come out. by the end they were getting extremely efficient dropping the capsule down and pull it up. no damage, smooth operation with no delays technically. right now we've been seeing the shift foreman the supervisor, he's been talking to the president and he has really occupied a position of honor. during those first 17 days when these mine in darkness and presumed dead, this was one of the men who helped organized them into shifts of daytime and nighttime to keep people occupied, to keep people following a set of rules and to keep people together with discipline. he was given the position of honor to come out last. when he came out last, you saw the respect the president held him in calling him mr. shift supervisor, you are a good boss, you put your workers first, you came out last. that's what a good boss should do. that's what this man did. he wanted to be the last man

out of that mine. he was given that position. now, after two days, this is a moment of pride, patriotism for a nation that has been watching this every second of the way. >> sean: pride, patriotism, all the things that you are saying steve. there's an interesting back story, if you can remind everybody there was a little bit of, i wouldn't call it intramural squabble, but in were a number of -- apparently mine there's wanted to be the last person out. there was a selection process and he got that position of honor. >> reporter: that's right. 33 miners in all, they were divided up into three groups. the first group were called able. the second group less able. some of those had physical problems, high blood pressure, lung disease. one, 63-years-old. and the final 10 deemed to be the most fit and strongest mentally. of all those miners this man selected by his peers was allowed the honor and

privilege to be the last man out. you can see him moving around, talking to officials, talking to the president with a great sense of confidence, calm and ease. even after two months underground he's able to tell the president, look, make sure this never happens again. speak his mind to the leader of his country, while the rest of the country watches in entirety. >> sean: official, the entire country in a celebratory mood as they rightly should be. one of the most incredible stories of heroism and courage, all hands-on deck, everybody putting their best foot forward to see this moment occur is amazing. we have a number of people, paramedics that were sent down in an effort to help the miners come up. what are the details and how fast do we expect them to come out, steve? >> reporter: it has been about 30 minutes of rescue. we expect at last five of those rescuers to come up one the next two hours or so. it has been a major political

boost for the president pinera one of the most leaders in the region. he's been in office less than a year. his advisers told him, let's downplay expectations. these miners are likely dead. he said no, i have a feeling they are alive. he put the thrust of his government and the money behind make sure this happened. he was open to getting aid from a number of dining room countries, 12 nations helped. the u.s. played a significant role. the capsule itself was bill by the chilean navy. nasa engineers played a key role in the decision. -- in the design and in some drilling. one of the drills that reached the miners sooner than expected was a percussion drill that comes out of pennsylvania. u.s. playing a key role in the drilling and rescue capsule. and a government and a leader, wise and open enough to you accept aid in saving his own i'm. >> sean: we'll go back to

steve harrigan in chile. shepard smith has been following the story from the beginning. last night it was our hope, our dream with the world watching, that this moment would occur. best case scenario we were laying out last night it would take 36 hours in under 22 hours with great efficiency, incredible skill, all 33 miners are out. you covered a lot of stories over the years this is one of the best results i've seen in all the years i've been covering stories. >> shepard: same here sean, nothing to compare. so often when we work in the midnight hours and come in the early hours it is to report on tragedy. to have this before us is astounding. there were so many things that could go wrong. they had back-up plans and redundancies. a way for people to escape from the cylinder as it was ascending. they had every rescue plan known to man and a 30 second delay in case something went badly. they didn't want a private

moment of horror to be spread around the world. none of those, none of those precautions were necessary. now we've watched in wonderment with people around the globe as a bit of a miracle has happened. sometimes in life we overuse that word. i remember the day, distinctly, that we learned that these miners were trapped. i remember many days later, we learned there was no way to get to them. days later, when it was believed they would never be recovered. then i remember that day when the note came up, we are well mr. president, i hope you will not abandon us. now they speak. and i would love to listen to a minute of it if you would so oblige. >> you are not going to be the same person, all of you the miners are not going going to be the same. the entire country is going to be different after this.

>> we have to go. >> thank you very much. you were the first one that communicated with us. we are very grateful to you. you were there day and night. now you can rest. the mission accomplished. i was told that i have to communicate with 33 miners, thank you very much. go home. >> shepard: and now louis will go home to the waiting arms of a loving wife, a young daughter he has never met who tomorrow will turn one-month-old. no doubt the hero of the nation of chile this evening, as we are fast approaching 15 minutes past 10:00. we will learn many more

stories sean, of what this man accomplished. his incredible leadership from the beginning. he rationed the food. he the one who set up schedules. he the one who decided when day could come and night would fall. organized where they would go to the bathroom, where they would eat. who would take on what chores. to who would lead and who would follow and who would be first out and the last to go. the answer was i will be here until the last moment when every man is free. tonight he was. and it has been an amazing thing to see. >> sean: shep it has been an amazing thing to see. one of the things that inspired a lot of people, is the impeccable detail that went into this rescue effort. obviously putting together this capsule, a feat in and off itself. drilling that hole, a feat in and off itself. the fact they got to the nitty-gritty and the thought of vomiting because of the clause foeia in the capsule,

-- claustrophobia in the capsule, thoughtfulness of lights in the capsule u back up plan, escape hatch down the bottom, sending down a medical team from the beginning. aspirin in case they might have some type of blood clotting. you know the video camera so they could communicate and have somebody to talk to as a means of distracting them throughout the process. every bit of minutia and detail and specific thought fullness that went into this is unbelievably amazing and they came in again by my count, you know 14 hours earlier than a best case scenario they were outlying from the beginning. that makes it more inspiring. >> shepard: mission accomplished chile it says. it is all inspiring. they hoped this would be the case. they back-up plans in case it wasn't. keep in mind, you as one who deals with politics most of the time, politically speaking,

this was an enormous risk for the president of chile. his popularity was not high. it has climbed during all of this. he made a decision in and of himself they would broadcast this to the world because he was confident it was going to work. if it didn't work he had a plan so everybody wouldn't see whatever might go wrong. we don't even have time to list all of the things that could have gone wrong. this wasn't a straight elevator shaft. it was on a curve. the cable could have broken. the capsule could have been dented. a rock could have fallen on it and stopped the progress. a man could have had a panic up in there, similar to a heart attack. it is incapacitating in a similar way. none of that has happened. that is not to say this mission is over. these men who went down into that mine to facilitate this rescue are still there. it is still a precarious situation. it is our guess, hope and prayer that all of these men

will come up. and chile will see a day tomorrow on which they can celebrate. it won't be long before this day is a national holiday across chile and the world celebrates the chilean people. >> sean: you are right we can't forget all those rescue workers and paramedics that risked their own lives to go half a mile down into the ground, 2,000 whatever plus feet. last night on this program, we didn't have any assurances that everything was going to go as well as it did. one moment we had reports that the door they thought they were having a problem. you know what, a little bit of nervousness caused across the board. obviously, that was not a problem. throughout the day they were able to expedite the process and move quickly than they imagined. you are right, a lot could have gone wrong. a rock could have gotten in the way. one small thing and this could have been put back hours, days, even weeks.

everything went incredibly well. shep, if you can stand by. i know you have been on air all day we appreciate your coverage staying with us. we first have to go to adam housley standing with the niece of one of the rescued miners. adam, take it away. >> reporter: it was quite a moment. we saw those moments of celebration take place a few hundred yards from where we are now this is a location where people have been here since that august 5th, accident. some started that day others didn't come until 17 days later when they heard their loved one may be alive. hope from the tom down and bottom up. from the president down across the country. for people like pamela lobos and her family. her uncle was number 27 for so many hours they waited. i had a chance to talk to her. i'm going to ask her a couple questions now. i asked how is this moment for

your family and for your country? for the whole world? go ahead. it is a spectacular moment she said a second ago. she says thanks to god also. basically a rebirth for her uncle, this country and all these men who are now safe and sound. how many days was your family here? she is one of the families guys that has been here since the 5th of august. i asked what they were going to do. she said for many times it is going to be a very long celebration. all the family here

celebrating. when that last miner came up. there are five rescuers, i know it was fluctuating, there are five we've been told here that are going to be coming up. those men who had to go into an area where the others had been held for so long. when that last miner came up number 33, the cheer, the horns, all the cars, the police cars, fire engines that have been here for days, flashing lights, honking horns like you were in the middle of a new year's celebration. the bells of the churches have been ringing across this country. it is going to be a day that everyone here remembers for a very longtime. >> sean: thanks adam house police in chile. -- adam housley in chill -- chile. >> we have our doctors with us. thank you for being here.

a lot of things we were discussing last night the panic attack possibility, didn't happen, thank god. being in confinement for that long a period of time, nothing happened. everything worked as well as it could. they did not sedate these guys. i could not do it. so i give them credit. >> we've learned over the course of the day how much was done when they were down there. this last miner that came out, simple idea of telling what is day and night keeps people from becoming totally disoriented, brilliant on his part. they are in 86° heat. somehow the now s were rationed. >> sean: dr. siegel, hang on the president of chile has taken to the microphone. >> god will never put us a load that we can't face. the earthquake we confronted

with courage. we are almost over the 200 year anniversary. we celebrated all together. and now, we celebrate the rescue of the 33 miners all together this is the chilean way. which means the right way. united with hope and with happiness.9(o the 33 miners showed us what means being a team. i just spoke to luis, the shift supervisor, and he gave over his shift to me. i wanted to tell him that he was shift boss that inspired us, the one that gave us the right words, the last one who came out from the mine the way

a boss has to show respect to the people that are working with him. i want to also thank the families of the miners. the families kept this belief, hope that can move mountains, the rescuers that gave everything for us to get to such a success. all the people that gave everything possible to succeed. the chileans gave always words of support. a gesture, a smile, but you felt the support of all the chileans, i can say chile today is not the same country that it was 69 days ago.

and the miners are not the same. they got buried in august 5th. now they are totally different people. chile is also a new chile. much more respected. much more valued. the world over. it ended everything as a blessing of god. it started as a tragedy. $, the commitment, the loyalty, what the chileans showed these 69 days it fills us with pride. i'm happy that god was with'bcj us. and i have the feeling that i want to tell you that chile is ready to confront great things.

we are ready to any challenge that the future should give us. and i can only say, long live chile. sometimes emotions are going inwards and one feels them and can't be expressed. when i saw the face of the last miner, when he came out, from the depths of earth, i was so excited and so emotional. i want to tell all chileans that i am so proud. and i am so privileged to be a president of all the chileans. sometimes celebrations, right

now all over the squares, everybody is celebrating. right now we are celebrating in the heart of all the chileans. i heard that all the bells in the entire chile, all the church bells, all the way until the last miner came up. we said the first day, this is not gonna stay like that. the ones that are responsible they will have to assume and confront the responsibility for our government and the entire chile, we have to better the systems, our attitudes, the processes, to protect better the life and dignity of our workers. not only the mining field, the

farms, the fisheries, the industry, we owe it to all the chileans, i hope in the next few days i can announce a new treatise with the workers of chile. look, it was very emotional to receive admiration words. words of emotion and appreciation. everybody was saying, mr. president, we want to thank all the chileans, the lessons they gave us. i spoke to the president from brazil, president calderon from mexico, president chavez from venezuela, president from colombia, president from ecuador, president from peru,

president fernandez from argentina, president from paraquay, prime minister from england, prime minister from israel netanyahu and very many more. which shows that chile, it was in the heart not only of chileans or latin americans, we were in the heart of the world. i think that we showed the best of chile. the unity, the friendlyness, solidarity, the teamwork and the faith and it was an evening for -- full of excitement, happiness and a night i'm sure is going to stay in our hearts for the rest of our lives. >> sean: there it is the president of chile thanking everybody. thanking those worldwide. thanking the prime minister of great britain, israeli

prime minister netanyahu. sending a thank to you the world. saying we've seen the best of chile. talked about god being with them throughout this ordeal. he talked about the faith of the last miner who has just come out and has just been rescued, coming out of the depth of the earth and how emotional i was for him as the president. how proud he was to be the president of the people of chile. and how this is a moment of celebration, he commented on how the church bells were all ringing. we go back to chile and we talk with our own steve harrigan who has been there day and night throughout this entire ordeal now through the celebration. steve? >> reporter: sean, real emotional ups and downs for the miners, their families and the nation as they've watched this drama unfold for more than two months. initially the 17 feared dead, then discovered. once discovered still questions about whether it would be possible from an

energy standpoint to reach them. this government put its muscle and its influence and put its openness behind that effort and it is hard to find any flaws how this operation has been carried out. it has been presented openly on chilean tv. it seems like every time there could have been a snag they had a number of back-up plans. it was plan b, a drill made pennsylvania that did reach the miners. right now, i think people are emotionally wiped out after following this. at the same time being glad. it has been a sense of pride on a number of levels of people are proud of the miners, how they behaved. they did not just sit around and wait to get rescued. they took active measures themselves for self teens -- 17 days they were on their own. even when they were discovered they organized and enforced discipline in surviving underground for two months. plus, the nation is proud of their government this is a billionaire president who laid

his presidency on the line to save 33 miners. he put his own political future at risk. denied the influence of his advisers to do what he thought was right. to do what his gut told him was right. he turned out to be very right indeed. i think also chile is proud of the world. proud of the attention and proud of is moment in the spotlight. they are not in the spotlight for a quake or natural disaster. they are in the spotlight for a real achievement. >> sean: steve harrigan in chilly tonight. all 33 miners trapped for 69 days have been rescued. the effort to rescue those paramedics and those that were sent down to help these miners continues at this very hour. we to take a quick break. our fox news coverage continues. we will have more on the medical challenges that these miners will face in the days and weeks and months to come, as we continue right here on thñ÷

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>> sean: this is a fox news alert. all 33 miners have been safely brought to the surface. the first rescue crews are being brought to the surface as we speak, this very hour. for more we go to adam housley standing by live on the ground in chile once again. adam? >> reporter: a lot of smiles, as you might imagine. everyone high-fiving, blowing horns, flags are waving everywhere as the first rescuer has safely made it up. there are four more to go. the celebration has already begun. juan's brother-in-law -- he was number 24. which means 23 people before. they knew he was alive. they knew he would make it. you see these flags

everywhere. this is the flag of chile. the 33 has been written everywhere. you see the different sayings they have here. right there, there he is. you will see the pictures. the angels of the by centennial, less than a month ago. these men have rallied this country around that time. their celebration back then in september wasn't as large as it normally would have been. they are saying now they are going to have a massive celebration here, as you might imagine. the family is very happy, very content. very emotional. same thing we heard, a rebirth he says of all the men, of his brother-in-law. how many days have you been here? he was here the day after the

accident. we are hearing those stories too. last night we talked to you, they came in the 17th day when they found out their loved ones were alive. when that note came up on the drill bit and they heard tapping. people like juan here and some other families have held vigil here since the 5th or 6th of august. living in desert, no trees the conditions are very extreme. the hope came from below, and it came from the top, from the president himself. it spread throughout the country. spread across the globe. tonight it is quite a celebration here. that's the helmet that his brother-in-law wore when he came up. he said he's not going to take it off. >> sean: i don't think i would take it off either. one quick question. we just her the president of chile and his comments about how they came out of the depths of the earth. he's so emotional.

he's proud to be the president. he talked about the faith of the last miner. how they all stood together. if there is a back story, politically speaking this president put every single thing on the line politically. he also reached out to other nations, including the united states, our own nasa, they had a big impact in helping this successfully effort. >> reporter: it is interesting too. the neighboring bolivia, the president of that country came here because his miner was stuck. there's tension between the two countries. part of the reason why was before this happened, the president in this country has strengthened ties with the united states. even though they are already a strong trading partner. he's gone away from that leftist movement and stepped out in front. he didn't necessarily win a lot of fans by doing that. from the beginning, as shep talked about, as the people here remember, he has said these men are alive and we

will get them out and they stood behind him. he took that stand and it it has rallied this nation. it took us 11 hours to get here because there are not many flights that come into this part of the country. everywhere we went, you saw pictures of him, the miners, tv, magazines, newspapers, everyone talking about it. they knew we were american, because we didn't speak the language, it is broken spanish. they were excited we were coming. they were excited the world was involved. they wanted their men out. tonight it is a very proud moment for this country and this president. one that will be remembered for the ages. for these families it will be remembered until the day they die. >> sean: special tribute to you and steve harrigan looks like you might have been drinking that special diet prepared by nasa because i doubt you slept much in the last 36 hours. >> reporter: no, four hours since saturday night.

i know harrigan, he slept in a tent down here when we arrived. no place to sleep. for a few days to see, i would do it over without hesitation. >> sean: we appreciate your live coverage. we'll give you a couple days off when you come back. not that i have any official capacity to give anybody any days off. we'll get back to you our own adam housley. thank you for being with us. back to the doctors. you have been amazing, thanks for your patience. you were talking about remote medicine. i think you were making a critical point about how important that was. >> nasa has been involved with that up in the space station and before that in the rockets, apollo. they know what they are doing with this. there's a hats off for the nasa doctors that have been able to do that. this is the medicine in the future in any case. being able to monitor people from 2,000 feet up. look how they walk out! we were expecting them to be

in much worst shape. the exposure to methane gas, carbon monoxide gas, some might have had heart problems. there's a miner that had kidney problems, diabetes, plenty of high blood pressure. we don't know how this is going to pan out with the stress as they reacclimate to society. >> sean: we discussed this last night about post-traumatic stress disorder which is going to be a concern. can we draw any conclusion what watching them one by one come out of that mine, seemingly, fine. which is remarkable, considering the amount of time they've been down there, perhaps deceptive by drawing that conclusion? >> right now we are seeing a big rush of adrenaline. we need to watch for signs of post-traumatic stress syndrome. miners will acclimate well there's a good chance they will come out emotionally and mentally very well. miners have a special strength any way, a mental strength to be able to go down to those

mines for 24 hours, 12 hours at a time to go into small, -- places, and deal with the stress. my dad worked on the mines as a young person. he speaks about that to me all the time and says this is a real struggle for them. it is for the rest of us, for them it is okay to do it. they a tremendous amount of communication with their families as well and the outside world that lessens the degree of separation sigh >> the teamwork is unbelievable. they bonded, they had certain roles, one was the poet, psychologist, the other driving the truck. >> sean: one was the preacher. by the way, i understand that we now have, i guess one of the paramedics, medics and those that were risking their life to go down there. as you can see in the video. i don't have the best eyes. apparently they are if beginning -- they are beginning the effort of bringing those guys up. back to the medical question

here. the idea that they thought of the aspirin. that nasa donated that high calorie drink for them so at least reduce the chances they would vomit on the way up. the fact they were thinking about all of these medical issues, light, communication, preventing panic attack, claustrophobia, pretty detailed. >> they a company that made a vital sign belt they wore on the way up. that drink you mentioned is incredible. it was a high calorie drink for people under stress that helped them get to the top. >> sean: our first rescue is being load into -- loaded into the capsule. all 33 miners have been rescued. we will continue to monitor the final four rescuers, as our coverage on the fox news channel continues. hey, guys, i know i've been bad at this in the past,

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>> sean: this is a fox news alert. all 33 miners have been safely brought to the surface. members of the crew that executed this heroic rescue are now reaching the surface as well. for more we go to richard in chile helping to operate the

drilling equipment used to free the trapped miners and just returned to the states yesterday. also tom foy joins us a survivor of the creek mine flood of 2002. both work for center rock, inc. guys welcome and thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having us, you are a great american. >> sean: you are a great american my friend. by the way, both of you guys are. first of all, i don't think we give miners enough credit for the hard work they do, those that are in the coal mines the difficulties, the risks they face. can you explain your role in helping this? i know you got back yesterday. >> we brought new technology down that basically affected an early evacuation of the miners. when we first heard about this and then 17 days later they found the miners and they were alive and estimates were getting them out by christmas.

that wasn't an option for us. we pushed and prodded and we got ahold of the right people with the chilean government. they trusted us and our plan to let us come down there and use our technology. on the 33rd day of us drilling we broke into the mine. >> sean: you faced a lot of the difficulty, virgin rock. maybe you can explain how you came up with this plan. the very narrow margin of error for you and the engineers involved in all of this. and why you had to go in at a little bit of an angle. you had to avoid certain situations. i -- it was risky from the beginning. >> high risk. the biggest thing we had going on our side, there was a 5 1/2 inch exploration hole that was used to help find the mine there's was already into the mine. our plan was designed around following that hole.

we made the first path and opened it from 5 1/2 inches to 12 inches all the way into the mine. in fact, we were at control of the drill rig when they broke through and the miners filmed the bit breakthrough the roof of the mine. it was a big moment that was the highest risk part. if we had lost that pilot hole we would have undoubtedly never had found that mine again. we enlarged it from 12 inch to 28 inch with another set of tools that we made. >> sean: it is an engineering feat, you right. christmas, i can't imagine 69 days down there. these come up and they all seem, this is a best case scenario. moments away from members of the rescue crew. there's the medics and the rescue workers that went down there to assist these miners in their effort to get these

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>> sean: this is a fox news alert. we are just told that another rescue worker has made it up top now.

on top of the 33 miners that have been rescued from the mine in chile. the rescue worker has returned to the surface. these were the medical people that went down to help these miners and prepare them for the lone trip the 15, 20 minute trip up to the surface after being down there for 69 plus days. we continue with richard and tom in the quecreek disaster. tom, what do you think in terms of the aftermath having lived through this yourself, some of the challenges these guys are going to face? >> they are going to have medical problems. right away, right now, don't think it will. you will have flashbacks of what happened down there and stuff like that. i was down probably for a year and a half we was on medication and everything for post-traumatic stress and stuff like that. you just can't keep busy, you can't sit down, just keep thinking about it.

the more you sit down and think about it the worse it gets. all i can tell 'em boys listen to what the doctors tell 'em. try to keep busy, don't just sit around and the more you set around the more it's gonna work on you. they'll get through it. they made it for 69 days i'm sure they can fight anything. >> sean: that's a good point. it shows a lot of character, a lot of strength they were able to muster up and come through so far seemingly with flying colors. gentlemen, thank you for being with us. rescue workers continue to reach the ground. let's take a quick look at the sights and sounds of the past 24 hours.

. sean as you can see amazing success reason for celebration in chile and across the world. we get final remarks from the doctors. back to what they will face. what do you suspect? these miners will have to deal with this the next week, days, weeks, months ahead? >> looking at them hug each other we think they are ready to get back, they are not. they've got to be evaluated in the hospital, rehydrated, renourished, tests run, make sure there is no heart damage, lung damage, brain damage. then the anxiety comes in. it will take months. >> sean: neighbor three months

from now seemingly fine now is this something that may pop into their life down the road? >> that can be issue up to a year even longer. that's the problem with post-traumatic stress syndrome, you never know when it is going to kick in. there's never a timeline for it. hopefully, these men will continue to get the counseling. they are going to receive mental counseling at least six months that will be provided to them. that is going to be very beneficial. >> sean: it will be interesting to see if some will go back down in the mine. some family members said it is not going to happen. >> some might. there's a culture there. i think most won't. all are going to flashback to being in that mine. they are all heroes, some will go back. >> sean: thank you you've been amazing. we appreciate it. testament to the human spirit, ingenuity, we often cover a lot of bad stories here this is o