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IN PICTURES: Chile mine rescue

A Chilean police officer embraces a relative of trapped miners after it was announced that a drill reached the underground cave where miners are at the San Jose Mine near Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 9. Officials have announced that the drill trying to reach the 33 trapped miners has reached them after more than two months of efforts, prompting cheers, tears, and the ringing of bells by families in the tent camp outside the mine.



In this image released by the government of Chile, rescue workers stand next to a colleague who is inside a capsule after
performing a dry run test for the eventual rescue of the 33 miners trapped at the San Jose mine, near Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 11.



A rescue worker is inside a rescue capsule while performing a dry run test for the
eventual rescue of the 33 miners trapped at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 11.



Members of the rescue team watch as the capsule descends into the shaft on one of the final tests before using it to lift the
33 miners to safety, in Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 11. Rescuers will start evacuating 33 trapped miners late on Tuesday and
have successfully tested a capsule to hoist them to the surface to end their two-month ordeal, officials said on Monday.



Relatives of trapped miners prepare to board a bus at the the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, on
Oct. 9. Officials announced that the drill trying to reach the 33 trapped miners reached them Saturday
after more than two months of efforts. The miners have been trapped since the mine collapsed on Aug. 5.



Elizabeth Segovia (r.) holds her daughter, Esperanza Ticona, the first baby of trapped miner Ariel
Ticona, at the camp where relatives wait for the rescue of trapped miners outside the San Jose
mine near Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 9. Esperanza was born while her father was trapped in the mine.



Workers operate the T-130 drill during the final push to reach the 33 trapped miners at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 9.



Workers and other officials cheer as the T-130 drill reaches the 622 meter (2,041 feet) below the surface
point after 33 days of drilling to reach the trapped miners on Oct. 9 at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile.



Maria Segovia, sister of Dario Segovia who is among the 33 miners trapped inside the San Jose mine, celebrates
with members of the rescue team as the Schramm T-130 rig that drilled a rescue shaft is driven away from the
site in Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 11. Rescuers will start evacuating 33 trapped miners late on Tuesday and have
successfully tested a capsule to hoist them to the surface to end their two-month ordeal, officials said on Monday.



Workers lower steel pipes to encase part of the escape shaft as efforts continue
to free the 33 trapped miners at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 10.



Workers assemble machinery to be used in the rescue operation for 33 trapped miners in the San Jose mine near
Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 11. Rescuers on Monday finished reinforcing the hole drilled to bring 33 trapped miners
to safety and sent a rescue capsule nearly all the way to where the men are trapped. The miners became trapped
when the gold and copper mine collapsed on Aug. 5 and are expected to be rescued starting late Tuesday.



Chilean policemen prepare a barrier to keep journalists from crossing the road where emergency vehicles will pass,
as the operation to rescue the 33 trapped miners is being prepared at the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 12.



Chile's Health Minister Jaime Manalich inspects clothing that will be given to the miners after they are rescued and evacuated
as Dr. Paola Neumann, health director for the Atacama region, looks on at a hospital in Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 11.

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Thank you, to the Christian Science Monitor .. Chile mine rescue shows how far mine safety has come