It was the rescue that rallied the world. Following an explosion in the San
Jose copper mine 33 Chilean miners were left trapped 2,300 feet underground
for 69 days, the longest underground entrapment in history.

As the events became the focus of a media furore with an estimated 1 billion
people watching as 24-hour rescue efforts were broadcast around the globe
Nico Munoz was at the mine in Copiapo for the weeks leading up to the final
release operation. He filmed the pressure cooker of the ongoing rescue
efforts in the location on the skirts of the harsh Atacama desert, the over
ground reaction and the emotion of those involved up to and after the
dramatic liberation of ‘the 33′. The events that lifted the world have has
now become one a ‘must have’ on the history reel of broadcasts media’s most
captivating events ever covered.