Witness History
Witness History
Chile mine rescue
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23 December 2022
9 minutes
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On 5 August 2010, 33 miners were trapped underground after a rockfall in the San José copper and gold mine in Chile.
They were rescued 69 days later.
Rachel Naylor speaks to one of the miners, Mario Sepúlveda, who was nicknamed Super Mario by the media.
(Photo: Mario Sepúlveda, in the centre, celebrates being rescued from the mine on 13 October 2010. Credit: Rodrigo Arangua / AFP via Getty Images)