The Chillian Miners

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I think they are bloody amazing - 17 days on 2 days ratons. Months in the dark etc.

But it keeps nagging at me - where have they been going to the loo?

fingers crossed

And off goes the first one!!
Am watching with my children.

How long will it take him to reach the top?

Watching too. Hopefully up in next 10mins. Tissues ready!

almost...

Amazing. Think I need to to back to sleep, work in 3 hours!

Oh gosh - I've been bawling my eyes out.

Amazing scenes - very emotion for all there.

Did they all have dark glasses on when they came up,was wondering what they would do having been withiut daylight for a couple of months.

Wonder what the twist will be when they make the hollywood film.

3 out so far. Hurrah!

4th one about to emerge - live on bbc news

I'm crying - what set me off what the footage of the little boy hugging his father. Such good news!

loving the live feed on bbc news

watching sky news with the dc's and at 12 6 and 22 months they are all glued to it and even asking questions

Amazing. Miracles do happen. So emotional, fantastic for the families.

extraordinary.

unashamedly sobbing.

Watching the 5th one going up. Absolutely amazing.

Started crying when they said he was being met by his girlfriend and 2 month old baby. She must have just been born when her dad got trapped underground.

Who was the irst one out? Was it the diabetic one? I would have thought he would be one of the first ones out.

Everytime one comes out I start crying - what an amazing thing to see.

Turned news on first thing. So wonderful to see the first of the men out.

Just watched the fith man come out, the youngest. He does look much younger and weaker, bless him. I hope he is okay and gets to see his girlfriend and baby soon.

So the shaft goes down again for the sixth.

absolutely amazing to watch - they are soo lucky to be out alive and I think that the government and the rescuers have been wonderful.

They have brought up the 4 healthies/fittest first to test the chamber - they are starting to bring up the more vunverable ones now

5andahead - the first 4 out were some of the stringest and those deemed most able to deal with any problems with the winhcy, etc. the fifth was was the first of the more vunerable.

5andahead, the first few up were the strongest and most resilient, in case something went wrong. Now they've got a few up and they know it works they are going to start bringing up the men with health problems.

Wow....so moving

Oh what lovely news to wake up to (even if waking up here with the baby is grim at 5am; this puts it all into perspective!). What amazing scenes.

Bawling my eyes out. Chile have done such an amazing job, asked for, and received help from around the world. Unlike the other country beginning with the same letters who handled their mine collapse very differently, sadly.
Strongest went for in cas elf problems, then the weakest and the foreman is last, like the captain of the ship.
Well done Chile.

Wow, this is so amazing. So happy for these men and their families. Well done Chile and the international effort.

I totally agree with the psychologist on the BBC about letting them get on with their lives without making them into celebrities, though.

Brilliant :)