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28 miners up, up and hooray

Updated on: 14 October,2010 08:23 AM IST  | 
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Chilean rescuers moved at a rapid pace to free 33 men trapped half a mile below the earth's surface for more than two monthsRescuers freed Richard Reinald Villarroel Godoy, the 28th miner as family members and hundreds of international media held vigil

28 miners up, up and hooray

Chilean rescuers moved at a rapid pace to free 33 men trapped half a mile below the earth's surface for more than two monthsRescuers freed Richard Reinald Villarroel Godoy, the 28th miner as family members and hundreds of international media held vigil.

The 11-year-old sister of Villarroel began crying even before her elder brother emerged from the shaft.

Waving a flag that read "Gracias Chile," the little girl led the group in the song that has been sung to each rescued miner, "Chi-chi-chi,el-el-e!"

Nor could Villarroel's mother contain her sobs as she hugged him.

Only five miners are left to be rescued.




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