Esteban Rojas won't let 2,300 feet of rock stand between him and a church wedding with the woman he loves. Rojas, one of the 33 Chilean trapped miners since an August 5 cave-in has sent a letter officially proposing to his long-time sweetheart, it was reported. The 44-year-old had wed Jessica Yanez, (43) in a civil ceremony 25 years ago, but had never given her the church wedding that is customary in Chile. So he sent his proposal in a letter sent up from the air pocket where he and his fellow miners are trapped. "Please keep praying that we get out of this alive. And when I do get out, we will buy a dress and get married," he wrote on the scrap of paper. Rojas and Yanez got to speak briefly for 20 seconds by phone on Sunday through a line. The couple has three children and two grandchildren together. "I thought he was never going to ask me." Yanez said. "He knows that however long it takes, I'll wait for him, because with him I've been through good and bad."

Esteban Rojas won't let 2,300 feet of rock stand between him and a church wedding with the woman he loves

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