Chilean miners trapped underground in Copiapó have made contact 17 days after the mine in which they were working collapsed. Experts say it will take up to four months to dig them out
22 August 2010: TV grab taken from the Chilean National TV (TVN) of trapped miner Florencio Antonio Avalos Silva, during the first contact with a video camera after 17 days in San Esteban gold and copper mine, near Copiapó, in the Atacama desert, 480 miles north of Santiago
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