Minister says Wednesday rescue likely in Chile

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile – Chile’s trapped miners cheered and embraced Saturday when a drill punched an escape shaft into an underground chamber in a spray of rock and dust on the 66th day of their agonizing entombment, opening the way for rescuers to set plans to begin lifting the men out by midweek. The government’s mining minister said late Saturday that the extraction of the 33 men will probably begin Wednesday, after an inspection revealed that the new hole is mostly strong enough to enable them to escape safely. He said only a stretch at the top will be reinforced with steel pipe. The completion of the rescue shaft caused bedlam in the tent city known as “Camp Hope,” where the…

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Minister says Wednesday rescue likely in Chile

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