They do indeed CaptV

Oh my god... Call Me Dave gets a mention

The president goes on a bit doesn't he

Yayyy first rescuer up

I was waiting for him to say, "And I want the Clooney to play me"!

The first of the rescuers now reaches the surface.
It's been nice - stimulating even - to share  our thoughts and emotions with you all as we watched the rescues.
Thanks for being here. (Early start tomorrow so I may have to sneak away.)

Nite Brisket and everyone. Great result. Sleep well

Yes, the President tends to talk a tad too much.
And not necessarily at the appropriate moment. 

Ahem!

 ...

Nite Baz and everyone 

Caught in the act!!!!! 

Anyone would think the last person was out 

I vowed to go to bed early for my early start.
But I couldn't leave.
The 5th rescuer is on his way up.
One man left alone underground.  How weird for him.

The tall, slim, communications man on the surface is nice. He has been hopelessly fighting his tears.
Now the last person is being raised in the capsule. Nobody left below.
The coverage now being marred by commentary from the London studio, filled with ums and errs of course, and losing atmosphere by not being on the spot.

However,  everybody is now out and safe. A few wise and cautionary words from the last 'rescuer'.

Fabulous - I doubt we'll see the like ever again

The pysche guy on BBC in the day yesterday said that was the only thing he didn't agree with! Still (except for the last man apparently) they all seemed ok with it!

Woke this morning to the wonderful news that all 33 miners and the 6 rescue workers had safely left the mine and returned to the surface.

The BBC's photos of each miner in order of their rescue:

Such a relief that all the miners and their rescuers are up safely. Hope the long-term effects for them are minimal.

fantastic news they must be so brave

So pleased that they all got out safely. The rescuers who went down into the mine were so brave. The president greeting every miner was brilliant could you imagine Cameron doing the same?

What a wonderful achievement to get them all out safely.Though on the news last night they were saying that the miners may sue the mine company for many safety breaches etc.It seems that mine was closed as dangerous ,then re-opened.

Amazing they all are out the Chileans never gave up hope as Longcat said above the president was brilliant he was there every step of the way 

I don't remember feeling so tired as I do now not even when my daughter was a newborn! Up all night, well until 4am and Mr Bug waking me at 5.30am to say goodbye and within minutes my daughter waking up for the day...

I walked to nursery like a zombie but with a slight spring in my step knowing that the miners were all safe and out of that hell hole - well worth the night keeping glued to Sky News...

The President was amazing to and I would like to think, hope that Cameron or the like would do the same but sadly I think that's just wishful thinking.

Well done Chile - I salute you!

Yep, 27 out of the 33 families have already taken legal action against the Government as they were aware the mine wasn't safe.

The President said in his closing speech that he would ensure that working conditions would change, not only for the miners but for all workers of Chile. He accepted responsibility for what's happened and appeared to be genuine in his words. I was watching it and thinking if it were Cameron, no doubt he'd be saying the same (he's good at convincing people like that) but I know he wouldn't back it up. Just hope the Chilean President keeps to his word.

Aside from that though, still brilliant that everyone of them got out ok

I know what you mean. I had something rather unpleasant to face today and I was somewhat anxious.  But do you know what helped me - thinking about the bravery of those miners. "If they can do that" I thought "then I can do this.  They were an inspiration.

There was a press Question & Answer session shown on the BBC news.
One of the people they interviewed was Manuel Gonzales, who was the first rescuer to go down the mine to join the miners. He was also the very last person to leave the mine.
What a lovely man.  A lovely smile, and a lovely manner, very modest. He gave much praise to everyone involved.
He proved to be quite a charmer.  Such a lovely man I thought.
Here is the non-smiling Manuel about to descend.

The BBC had a nice montage of all 33 rescues earlier, but I can't find it to post now

Is this it Saz?....http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/worl...tin-america-11539086

Indeed, when the daily mail questioned the pm on the situation he had this to say.





"Its labour that got us into this mess"

He WOULD say that

Yes! so moving

El Loro posted it here a few posts/pages back.

About the middle of this page, in fact.

I must say, some of the men in Chile were rather nice to look at

I think they should put some more down there and then take them out 1 by 1. Keep Karma entertained for another couple of days

Hahahahaaaaa! That made me laugh out loud - well done

Thinking about it, Chile would make a mint if they offered a ride in the capsule to tourists to the bottom of the mine and back up again. (If they made it safe enough which I know is incredibly highly impossibly unlikely but I still bet there'd be a few who'd wanna go down there).