Nightly News | September 18, 2010
Drill reaches trapped miners
The first of three drills reached the trapped Chilean miners, breaking through to their compartment 2,000 feet below ground. The plan now is to make the hole wide enough to bring the men to the surface. NBC’s Lester Holt reports.
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LESTER HOLT, anchor: three drills has reached those 33 trapped miners, breaking through to their compartment 2,000 feet below ground. The plan now, to make the hole wide enough to bring the men to the surface. That is expected, however, to take weeks.