Chilean miners receive first hot meal in three weeks
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The 33 miners entombed nearly half a mile beneath the Chilean desert cheered and hugged yesterday as a drilling rig reached their subterranean prison.
The breakthrough came just after 8am, as the mist slowly lifted from Camp Hope, the tented settlement at the San Jose copper and gold mine where relatives and the world's media are waiting for the trapped men's release
So hard to tell you the miners get Meatballs, chicken and rice were piped through a tube to the 33 miners, who are stuck 700m (2,300ft) below the surface.
Previously the miners have received only glucose tablets and high-protein milk. "We've been very impressed with the organisation of the team and the quality of the medical care that's been provided," Nasa's team leader, Dr Michael Duncan, said at a news conference on Wednesday.
