anxious moments here as erybody's waitg to see the miners make it to the rface, lester. >> the impatience is understandable. everybody wants it done safely. kerry sanders, thank you. while we can only oh imagine what those men are going through our next guest experienced it. he was one of nine miners rescued from the quecreek mine in 2002 after being trapped 77 hours. thomas y joins us now. thank yovery much for coming on with us. >> well, thank you. >> can you recall what you were feeling when you kw that rescue was imminent? >> well, when i heard they broke through yesterday morning about 8:00, that was a real good feeling to me. i knew what i felt like. >> explain it to me. >> well, like i said, it's the best feeling you have ever had. you know you're probably going to make it. our situation was we just -- it was rough, cold, wet. we heard the drill and then we heard it stop. en we heard it pick back up about 18 hours later. it was a good feeling to see that coming through the mine there. best feeling i er had. >> if folks don't remember, you guys were in more imminent peril there. you