'Unprecedented challenge' to save trapped Chilean miners

The effort to save 33 men trapped deep in a Chilean mine was an unprecedented challenge, experts said today.

'Unprecedented challenge' to save trapped Chilean miners

The effort to save 33 men trapped deep in a Chilean mine was an unprecedented challenge, experts said today.

It means months of drilling, then a harrowing three-hour trip in a cage up a narrow hole carved through solid rock.

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