A general view of the mine San Jose, near of Copiapo, Chile, 11 October 2010. The rescue of 33 trapped miners will begin early 13 October.. EPA/CEZARO DE LUCA
Ercilia, mother of 48-year-old miner Victor Segovia, attends a vigil along with other relatives in the surroundings of the mine San Jose, near of Copiapo, Chile, 11 October 2010, as they wait for the beginning of the rescue operation of 33 miners. The rescue of 33 trapped miners will begin early 13 October, Mining Minister Laurence Golborne said. Rescuers will start efforts to bring the miners to the surface just after midnight using a specially built escape capsule, he said 11 October at the San Jose mine, providing a firm time for the rescue for the first time. It is to take one and half to two days to pull all the men from the chamber where they are trapped 624 metres below the surface. EPA/CEZARO DE LUCA
A general view of the mine San Jose, near of Copiapo, Chile, 11 October 2010. The rescue of 33 trapped miners will begin early 13 October, Mining Minister Laurence Golborne said. Rescuers will start efforts to bring the miners to the surface just after midnight using a specially built escape capsule, he said 11 October at the San Jose mine, providing a firm time for the rescue for the first time. It is to take one and half to two days to pull all the men from the chamber where they are trapped 624 metres below the surface. EPA/CEZARO DE LUCA
A handout frame captured from a video and provided by government of Chile shows the interior of evacuation capsule of rescue 33 trapped miners at mine San Jose, near of Copiapo, Chile, 11 October 2010. The beginning of rescue is scheduled for next 13 October. EPA/GOVERNMENT OF CHILE/HO EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
A handout frame captured from a video and provided by government of Chile shows the interior of evacuation capsule of rescue 33 trapped miners at mine San Jose, near of Copiapo, Chile, 11 October 2010. The beginning of rescue is scheduled for next 13 October. EPA/GOVERNMENT OF CHILE/HO EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
Antonia Godoy, mother of trapped miner Richard Villarroel, shows a picture of her son next to the camp where 33 miners are still trapped next to Copiapo, Chile, 11 October 2010. The rescue plan will start at 00.00 Chilean time on Wednesday (03.00 GMT), Chilean Mines Minister Laurence Golborne said. EPA/Cezaro de Luca
Workers put a flag in the ground next to the camp where 33 miners are still trapped next to Copiapo, Chile, 11 October 2010. The rescue plan will start at 00.00 Chilean time on wednesday (03.00 GMT), Chilean Mines Minister Laurence Golborne said. EPA/Danny Alveal
Journalists broadcastings live next to the place where 33 miners are still trapped next to Copiapo, Chile, 11 October 2010. The rescue plan will start at 00.00 Chilean time on Wednesday (03.00 GMT), Chilean Mines Minister Laurence Golborne said. EPA/Cezaro de Luca
Workers and rescue members show one of the suits that will be used to rescue the 33 miners that are still trapped next to Copiapo, Chile, 11 October 2010. The rescue plan will start at 00.00 Chilean time on Wednesday (03.00 GMT), Chilean Mines Minister Laurence Golborne said. EPA/Cezaro de Luca
Picture of the installations of the Copiapo Hospital, Chile, on 11 October 2010, where the 33 trapped workers of the San Jose mine will be attended after they are rescued. EPA/Rodrigo Arangua/POOL
Relatives of 33 trapped miners in Chile pray as they celebrate the advance of the rescue plan next to Copiapo, Chile, 11 October 2010. The rescue plan will start at 00.00 Chilean time on Wednesday (03.00 GMT), Chilean Mines Minister Laurence Golborne said. EPA/Danny Alveal
Machine Schramm T-130 is seen as it leaves the place where 33 miners are trapped next to Copiapo, Chile, 11 October 2010. Golborne said the rescue plan for the 33 trapped miners will start at 00.00 Chilean time on Wednesday (03.00 GMT). EPA/Claudio Reyes
Veronica Quispe, wife of Bolivian miner Carlos Mamani, holds a Bolivian flag as she waits for the rescue of 33 miners trapped next to Copiapo, Chile, 11 October 2010. The rescue plan will start at 00.00 Chilean time on wednesday (03.00 GMT), Chilean Mines Minister Laurence Golborne said. EPA/Danny Alveal
