Chile mine rescue

Published: Dec. 23, 2022, 10 a.m.

On 5 August 2010, 33 miners were trapped underground after a rockfall in the San Jos\xe9 copper and gold mine in Chile.

They were rescued 69 days later.

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

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