Drill breaks through to trapped Chile miners

A drill has broken through the rock to Chile's 33 trapped miners, offering them escape after two months underground.

Drill breaks through to trapped Chile miners

A drill has broken through the rock to Chile’s 33 trapped miners, offering them a way out after 66 days underground.

The drill’s success was announced with the blast of a siren that prompted cheers, tears and embraces across “Camp Hope”, where families of the miners have kept vigil since the disaster on August 5.

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