they are coming out!

I think 10 or 11 are out already.

Wonder if they drew straws as to the order they would leave.

Not sure I would want to be the last one, waiting down there on my own for the carrier thing to come back!

This really is excellent news. I have been following the story with interest and it seems that nothing like this has been achieved before. It's almost like the news channels have a skip in their step today.

I've been potholing, when I was a little younger and small enough to get through the gaps, and I can tell you it can be very disconcerting when, potentially, you're a significant distance from normal life. On almost every occasion we turned off all the lights and it's such a weird feeling. Turning the lights back on gave almost instant relief. I know the miners had lighting, but, it's still very remote. However, there was a certain euphoria for us when returning to the surface seeing the sunlight and breathing the air.

I'm sure all will welcome this news for the miners and their families.

It was great news they got them all out OK, but the saturation news coverage on the BBC TV and radio was annoying and mostly a waste of time. BBC TV had 26 people at the mine and their news coverage consisted mainly of their presenters interviewing each other and going over to someone stood in the camp who told us nothing was happening at the moment. The radio five presenter who interviewed the miners as they came out asked them all the most stupid question "How do you feel?" It is pretty obvious how they feel!

Also it seemed pointless to watch every single one coming up, it was as if nothing else was happening in the world.

The President of Chile made the most of this great PR opportunity, but I hope the world's media leave the miners alone to recuperate in peace with their loved ones.

Nevertheless, it was a very large dose of very good news -- something we otherwise get very little of.

I was grateful to the Telegraph for their timely and fairly-concise coverage - Thanks for posting, Buckworks!

Jim

I'm quite surprised that the four guys who went DOWN INTO the hole don't appear to be receiving as much coverage. Just knowing that the operation was going to have to be successfully repeated 37 times -- with every possibility of a glitch at any time -- well, just puts me in awe of them.

Hope the Chilean prez gives them a nice big gong, maybe something along the lines of Universal Medal of Honor for Bravery and Supreme Unselfishness.