Chile rescuers prepare escape shaft for miners’ exit
COPIAPO, Chile (Reuters) – Chilean rescuers on Sunday reinforced an escape shaft to hoist 33 miners to freedom, bringing their stunning survival story close to its climax two months after they were trapped deep underground. Engineers have drilled a narrow, nearly 2,050 foot-long (625-meter) shaft to evacuate the men, who have been using explosives to make room for a special capsule dubbed “Phoenix” that will lift them one-by-one to the surface. The rescuers were inserting metal tubes to line the first 330 feet of the duct to strengthen it, and expect to finish the task on Monday…
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