Joy as drill reaches Chile miners trapped in chamber
Champagne sprayed and hard hats tumbled off heads as rescue workers celebrated close to the drill, hugging each other and shouting for joy.
Relatives waiting at "Camp Hope" on the surface waved Chilean flags and shouted with joy as word spread of the breakthrough
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Hide Ad"I'm very excited, very happy," said Guadalupe Alfaro, waving a flag outside her tent in Camp Hope.
Her son, Carlos Bugueno, 26, is among the trapped miners. "I've wanted so long for this moment; I woke up to live this moment. My son will return soon."
"Our nervousness is gone now," said Juan Sanchez, whose son Jimmy is stuck in the mine. "Only now can we begin to smile."