At last after a long wait rescue work started at Chile mine using capsule system successfully attempt and freed 33 trapped Chile miners, which were trapped since August 5. Have a look at pictures and happiness at faces.
Juan Andres Illanes Palma is winched to the surface. Photo: Government of Chile/AFP
Residents of the town of Copiapo watch the rescue on a large screen in the town's square. Photo: Government of Chile/AFP
People celebrate as they watch the rescue on a giant TV screen. Photo: Government of Chile/Reuters
Claudio Yanez hugs his daughter upon exiting the Fenix capsule. Photo: Government of Chile/AFP
Chilean miner Jose Ojeda, the seventh of the miners to be rescued, unfurls a national flag as he exits the Fenix rescue capsule. Photo: Government of Chile/Reuters
Osman Araya hugs his wife as he arrives as the sixth miner to be hoisted to the surface. Photo: Government of Chile/AFP
The youngest miner, 19-year-old Jimmy Sanchez, was the fifth man to be rescued. Photo: Government of Chile/AFP
Juan Andres Illanes Palma was the third miner to be rescued. Photo: Government of Chile/Reuters
Alfonso Avalos (right) father of Chilean miner Florencio, celebrates after Florencio was brought to the surface. Photo: Government of Chile/AFP
Mario Sepulveda is met on the surface by his rescuers, friends and family. He brought with him from the depths a bag containing half a dozen rocks from the collapsed mine and handed them out as souvenirs, including to Mr Pinera and Chile's mining minister Laurence Golborne. Photo: Government of Chile/Reuters
Mario Sepulveda, 40, who has become well known as the narrator of videos the miners sent to the surface. He was nicknamed "the presenter" and gained a reputation as a joker, helping to keep the men in good spirits. Photo: Government of Chile/AFP
Clearly the most ebullient of the miners Mario Sepulveda later spoke to a Chilean television camera. He said: "They gave us back our lives, it's incredible that they recovered us. I was with God, and I was with the devil, but God won." He added that changes must take place for workers in the country and said he wanted to continue as a miner. Photo: Government of Chile/AFP
Florencio Avalos is checked by doctors after being brought to the surface. Photo: Government of Chile/Reuters
Mario Gomez is the most experienced of the group. He first entered a mine shaft to work at the age of 12 but he now has silicosis, a lung disease common to miners. Photo: Government of Chile/Reuters
Mario Sepulveda is carried away on a stretcher after being rescued. Photo: Government of Chile/Reuters
Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, right, hugs rescued miner Mario Sepulveda. Photo: Government of Chile/Reuters
Florencio Avalos, the first of 33 workers trapped for more than two months in a Chilean mine, is met by rescuers and emergency workers. Photo: Government of Chile/AFP
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