Chilean rescuers pressed on Wednesday afternoon with the operation to free 33 men trapped half a mile below the earth's surface for more than two months.
Rescuers freed the 24th miner in the afternoon amid rejoicing in the camp in Chile's northern Atacama desert, where hundreds of international media held vigil as the overnight operation continued into the day.
Twenty-six-year-old Carlos Bugueno, who helped manage the supply packages sent down to the miners, became the 23d man rescued. Bugueno, a former security guard, had gone to work at the mine with his longtime friend, Pedro Cortez, who was still awaiting his turn to leave the mine.
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