Chilean Miners, One Year Later
Luis Urzúa, the leader of the trapped miners and the last to be lifted to freedom, with President Piñera at San Jose Mine near Copiapo, Chile. (Photo: Gobierno de Chile)
One year ago today, 33 miners were trapped in a cave-in Chile. It took two months to get them out. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with journalist Jonathan Franklin, whose book “33 Men” chronicles their ordeal and about how the men have adjusted to life post-rescue.
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