Countdown to rescue of Chilean miners begins Elizabeth Segovia, right, holds her daughter Esperanza Ticona, the first baby of trapped miner Ariel Ticona, at the camp where relatives wait for the rescue of trapped miners outside the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile. (AP) Mounted police patrol around the San Jose mine, near the city of Copiapo, in the arid Atacama desert, 800 kilometres north of Santiago. (AFP) Picture of the press camp, set up at the San Jose mine, near the city of Copiapo, in the arid Atacama desert, 800 kilometres north of Santiago. (AFP) A man in a clown suit holding a Chilean flag celebrates with a TV reporter after one of the drills working to rescue the 33 trapped miners finally reached their shelter in the San Jose mine, near Copiapo, Chile. (AFP) Chilean First Lady Cecilia Morel (C) visits the San Jose mine after one of the drills working to rescue the 33 trapped miners finally reached their shelter at La Esperanza camp, near Copiapo, Chile. (AFP) A man stands at the camp where journalists wait for the rescue of trapped miners outside the San Jose mine, near Copiapo, Chile. (AP) A drilling rig punched through to the underground site where 33 miners have been trapped for 66 days under the Chilean desert, raising cheers, tears and hopes. (AP) Antonia Godoy, mother of trapped miner Richard Villarroel, shows Chilean flag underwear she received as a gift for his son when he is rescued, at a camp near the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile. (AP) Journalists work in the surroundings of the San Jose mine, in the arid Atacama desert, 800 km (480 miles) north of Santiago. (AFP) Rolly the Clown gives his thumbs up next to tents of Esperanza camp, at the San Jose mine near the city of Copiapo, 800 km north of Santiago. (AFP) Kids light candles at Esperanza camp at the San Jose mine near the city of Copiapo, 800 km north of Santiago on October 9, 2010. The rescue of the 33 miners trapped in a Chilean mine. (AFP) Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Whats App Pin Interest