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Chile mine rescue

On 5 August 2010, 33 miners were trapped underground after a rockfall in the San JosΓ© copper and gold mine in Chile. They were rescued 69 days later.

On 5 August 2010, 33 miners were trapped underground after a rockfall in the San JosΓ© copper and gold mine in Chile.

They were rescued 69 days later.

Rachel Naylor speaks to one of the miners, Mario SepΓΊlveda, who was nicknamed Super Mario by the media.

(Photo: Mario SepΓΊlveda, in the centre, celebrates being rescued from the mine on 13 October 2010. Credit: Rodrigo Arangua / AFP via Getty Images)

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