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See larger In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Carlos Barrios waves to the crowd while emerging from the capsule that brought him to the surface from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Barrios is the thirteenth of 33 miners who was rescued after more than 2 months trapped underground. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government)

In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Carlos Barrios waves to the crowd while emerging from the capsule that brought him to the surface from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Barrios is the thirteenth of 33 miners who was rescued after more than 2 months trapped underground. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government)

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  • In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Carlos Barrios waves to the crowd while emerging from the capsule that brought him to the surface from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Barrios is the thirteenth of 33 miners who was rescued after more than 2 months trapped underground. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government)
  • Roxana Gomez, daughter of rescued miner Mario Gomez, cries as she watches on a TV screen the rescue operation of her father at the relatives camp outside the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Gomez was the ninth of 33 miners who was rescued from the San Jose mine after more than 2 months trapped underground. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
  • In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Mario Sepulveda celebrates after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, early Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government)
  • In this photo released by the Chilean presidential press office, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, right, hugs rescued miner Mario Sepulveda after Sepulveda was rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, early Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Jose Manuel de la Maza, Chilean Presidential Press Office)
  • Relatives and friends of trapped miners celebrate while watching on a TV screen the rescue operation of Florencio Avalos at the camp outside the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, early Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Thirty-three miners became trapped when the gold and copper mine collapsed on Aug. 5. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
  • In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Mario Sepulveda, right, is hugged by an unidentified relative after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, early Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government)
  • People celebrate as they watch on a giant TV screen, how Florencio Avalos, the first of 33 trapped miners, emerges to safety on a rescue capsule in Copiapo, Chile, early Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Thirty-three miners became trapped when the gold and copper mine collapsed on Aug. 5. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
  • In this photo released by the Chilean presidential press office, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, front right, hugs rescued miner Florencio Avalos after Avalos was rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, Tuesday Oct. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Jose Manuel de la Maza, Chilean presidential press office)
  • In this photo released by the Chilean government, Jorge Galleguillos, the eleventh miner rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine waves to the crowd after been trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government)
  • In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Jimmy Sanchez is helped out of the capsule as he is rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, early Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government)
  • Relatives and friends of miner Carlos Barrios react while watching on a TV screen the rescue operation at the camp outside the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Barrios was the thirteenth of 33 miners who was rescued from the collapsed gold and copper mine after more than 2 months trapped underground. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
  • In this photo released by the Chilean presidential press office, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, left, shakes hands his Mining Minister Laurence Golborne after watching on a monitor the arrival of rescuer Manuel Gonzalez, inside a capsule, to the trapped miners in the collapse San Jose mine, near Copiapo, Chile, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Ibanez, Chilean presidential press office)
  • Miner Claudio Yanez, center right, kisses his wife Cristina Nunez after emerging from the capsule at the San Jose Mine near Copiapo, Chile Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Yanez was the eighth of 33 miners who was rescued from the San Jose mine after more than 2 months trapped underground. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
  • In this photo released by the Chilean presidential press office, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, left, and his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales, third right, visit Bolivian miner Carlos Mamani Solis after his rescue from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine, near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Ibanez, Chilean Presidential Press Office)
  • In this photo released by the Chilean government, Edison Pena, gestures as he is carried on a stretcher after being rescued at the San Jose mine, near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Pena was the twelfth of 33 miners rescued from the San Jose mine after more than 2 months trapped underground. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government)
  • Rescued miner Claudio YaÒez, 34, gestures as he arrives to the hospital of Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Yanez was the eighth of 33 miners who was rescued from the San Jose mine after more than 2 months trapped underground. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
  • In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Alex Vega gestures after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he had been trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government)
  • In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Florencio Avalos, second left, hugs a relative after he was rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, early Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government)
  • Relatives and friends of rescued miner Jorge Galleguillos celebrate while watching on a TV screen his rescue operation at the camp outside the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010. Galleguillos was the eleventh of 33 miners who was rescued from the San Jose mine after more than 2 months trapped underground. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
  • In this photo released by the Chilean presidential press office, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, center right, greets the second rescued miner Mario Sepulveda after he was rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, early Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Jose Manuel de la Maza, Chilean presidential press office)
  • In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Juan Illanes is carried away on a stretcher after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, early Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government)

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