World watches Chile’s great escape

By Guy Adams 5:30 AM Thursday Oct 14, 2010 Share Email Print There were few words that Florencio Avalos could find to express the joy he felt when he finally reached the surface of the San Jose mine shortly after midnight local time. Just a smile as wide as the Atacama Desert as he stepped out of the Phoenix escape capsule and fell into the arms of the wife and two children he had last hugged almost 70 days ago. It was a magnificent sight to see, this remarkably healthy man breathing fresh air he must have thought he would never breathe again, and greeting the men who had brought him to the surface in one piece. When the red, white and blue cage broke through the top of the escape shaft, the…

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World watches Chile’s great escape

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