33 Men (26 page)
Authors: Jonathan Franklin
Jonathan Franklin had a Rescue Pass, allowing him to go beyond this police checkpoint to report from the front lines of the rescue operation.
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Family members gather to watch the first video showing the men trapped underground.
REUTERS / Ivan Alvarado / Landov
A group of miners pose during a break in their daily work routines. The men had to move debris to clear their own rescue tunnel.
REUTERS / Chilean
Government / Landov
Claudio Yañez, one of the trapped miners, speaks on the phone with his wife and child.
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Mining / dpa / dpa / Corbis
Reporter Jonathan Franklin taking notes at Paloma station.
Jonathan Franklin / Addict Village
Paramedics stuff the hollow tube known as “the pigeon” with food and supplies.
Associated Press / Luis Hidalgo
Carolina Narváez smiles as she rereads the first letter from her trapped husband, miner Raúl Bustos.
© Morten Anderson
Tubes used by the trapped miners and family members to ship messages back and forth.
Jonathan Franklin / Addict Village
A crowd gathers at Camp Hope for a religious service in the middle of the Atacama Desert.
REUTERS / STR / Landov
Dr. Jorge DÃaz tries out the winch measure on Dr. Romagnoli to see if he would fit inside the Phoenix capsule.
Jonathan Franklin / Addict Village
Lead psychologist Alberto Iturra having one of his many talks with the trapped men.
Jonathan Franklin /
Addict Village
Faith and Los 33 were never far apart during the rescue of the miners.
Jonathan Franklin / Addict Village
Family members ultimately ended up outnumbered by the press at Camp Hope.
Ariel Caliban Marinkovic