CBS News correspondent Seth Doane, outside the mine in Chile, reported sirens and horns blaring this morning at about 8 a.m. ET, announcing the long-awaited breakthrough. The sounds prompted cheers, tears and embraces across "Camp Hope," where families of the miners have kept vigil for sixty-six agonizing days.
CBS News' Fernando Suarez reports emotions are high, with family members crying and cheering, waving Chilean flags and ringing bells. Most have run to a hillside where many have gathered for vigils over these past two months; the hillside blazes the message "Fuerza Mineros" ("strength miners").
"We feel an enormous happiness, now that I'm going to have my brother," said Darwin Contreras, whose brother Pedro, a 26-year-old heavy machine operator, is stuck down below. "When the siren rang out, it was overwhelming. Now we just have to wait for them to get out, just a little bit longer now."
