Chile mine rescue operation

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile -- To hugs, cheers and tears, rescuers using a missile-like escape capsule began pulling 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom at last early Wednesday, 69 days after they were trapped in a collapsed mine a half-mile underground.

A NOVA film crew has been on-site at the San José mine in Chile since September 5, exactly one month after the collapse that trapped 33 miners. (NOVA's film, "Emergency Mine Rescue," will air on PBS within weeks.