All 33 Chilean Miners Come Up Alive

For 17 days after the San José mine collapsed, no one knew if the 33 men were alive — until a drill bit came back with a note taped to it: 'We are well in the shelter, the 33 of us.' For 52 more days they organized rations, prayer, and duties half a mile underground while NASA and drilling crews from three continents built their way out. A billion people watched the Fénix capsule lift the last man free.