rene aguilar is the deputy of the operations here. a fierce shake of the hand. now straight down onto the stretcher. that is something all these miners have done. the second out decided to go for a run around walkabout, having offered rocks to the president from underground, congratulating and praising the rescue team. but samuel avalos is now going into the field hospital. if everything is all clear there, he will be allowed to have time with ruth and his three children. doesn't she look delighted? doesn't she look absolutely euphoric at what has happened? there we have it. my goodness. the 22nd minor up on the surface at 10 past five in the afternoon. miner up on the surface at 10 past five in the afternoon. we have 11 to go. let us look at the main pictures from today. >> for miner after miner, this has been a miracle journey to freedom. for those watching around the world, this is a dramatic rescue and a symbolic rebirth. as he emerged into the sunlight, his eyes used to constant darkness protected from the desert glare by free sunglasses, the 18th to be fre

a rené aguilar. a los que trabajaron como rescatistas que están aquí con nosotros.os médicos que se preocuparon de su salud. a los miles y miles que chiles que se comprometieron y entregaron una sonrisa y una palabra de estimo lo o los llevo año en el corazón. y quiero también agradecerle a alguien que ayudoó siempre, a dios que estuvo, estuvo con nosotros. y quiero también pedirle a usted a don lu quise pare aquí al lado mío y en honor de los mineros de su familias de los rescatistas de los ingenieros, de los médicos, de los que siguen abajo por que los vamos a sacar también. quiero que cantoemos con el casco en el corazón la canción nacional en honor de todos los chilenos, viva chile . chile mierda!, viva. >> puro chile es es tu cielo azulado puras brisas te cruzan también. y su campo de flores bordados es la copia feliz del edad en. en la blanca monto ña que te doy por valuarte el señor. que te e dio por valuarte el señor y este mar que tranquilo te baña, te compromete el futuro splenld oro ese mal que tranquilo te e baña te promete el futuro esplendor. dulce pat

. >> y a andrÉs, y rené aguilar y mi mujer cecilia. >> menos mal...rar. ¡a dormir! >> un merecido descanso, la noche ha sido larga, y el descanso va a ser corto. >> la fÁbula -jaula vamos a bajarla. (risas) chile >> como el ave fÉnix, que rescateiÓchile rescatechile hec sebastiÁn piÑera y su ministro de minerÍa obviamente, con ch jÚbilo, con alegríhea, satisfacciÓn personal de que el scateajo quchile habÍan plante saliÓ bien, salió mejor de lo que se anticipaba, taparon el famoso hueco de dÓnde salieron todos los mineros, y un poco de nostalgia. >> egullo, satisfacciÓn porque no hubo que lamentar ningÚn tipo de minero. el primer minero que saliÓ a la noche fue a las 12:10 de la noche hora chilena fue florencio Ávalos, un especialista en geologÍa, y tenÍa que ver cÓmo era el transcurso, si habÍa algunos desprendimientos a travÉs de este tÚnel taladrado durante varios dÍas, vamos a pasar de inmediato a la zona con otro corresponsal que estaba con el padre de no sÓlo florencio sino tambiÉn de hernÁn, adelante con la entrevista y el testimonio del primero

rene aguilar there. look at these hugs and kisses. so proud of these guys. >> if this doesn't make you feel good, nothing will. >> amazing energy. >> because it was impossible, and it wasn't. >> nothing is impossible if you have the love and the country and the support that all of these guys have experienced all along the way. you got to lay down now, but you know he's not going to be down for long. they're going to go check him out. but they have to keep running here. they want to get to the next guy. >> exactly. we're 1 hour, 54 minutes and 39 seconds into the rescues as he makes his way into the triage area. boy, that was energetic. >> oh, my goodness. >> the president is just like what just happened? >> it's quite a contrast. i have to tell you, we were talking earlier to some of the quecreek miners. and they were saying they had no idea when they came up what to expect, that they were shocked. they thought there might be some local media there, some of the local tv stations maybe. and they came up and they realized that the world

there is rene aguilar. he was one of the primary engineers working on bringing this all together. look at the hugs. a hug from the first ladiy of the country to the wife, and a chat with the president. and now they've got 32 more to successfully pull off here. 32 more to go. look at rene smiling and somewhat emotional. he's been up here working so hard to make this happen. so there they go into the triage area. and the doors will close. they'll give him some privacy. >> kerry sander, stand by. we're joined again by dr. polk, a nasa physician. doctor, your reaction to what you're seeing and what you expect will go on in the medical treatment now? >> well, just outstanding. i don't think there's any greater reward for all the work and recommendations that everyone has put into this rescue than seeing florencio's son give him that hug. i mean, for anybody who is a parent, that is pretty touching. what they're going to do now is they're going to evaluate in what's called a primary survey to make sure that florencio's doing well as far as his breathing and circulation, to make sure he'

i thing that might be rene aguilar which is one of the folks from the state mining agency here. interestingly his engineering background is preceded by his psychology background. so he said he was thinking a lot about what these men are going to have to be going through. >> there we go. that's the president there with his wife. then we cut back to the picture. and this is what they've been monitoring. so they've got a clear picture, as they have had for all along of what's been going on down below. but to see it live here, i know it's only 2,040 feet and this is not the moon, but it's a feeling of getting these live pictures off the moon as neil armstrong was stepping off on to that planet. because this is such a moonscape here on the surface and such an unknown world to all of us down below. it's fascinating to see that we can watch this and not just us, the whole world tuned in to this as it unfolds. >> it certainly is an historic moment and imagery. that photo, that image of manuel gonzalez stepping out of that capsule is now the image of heroism in chile. possibly soon to be