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<p>Relatives and people gathered outside the collapsed mine San Jose celebrate as a truck carrying a new drill that will be used to rescue 33 trapped miners arrives in Copiapo, Chile, on Tuesday. The miners, who have been trapped since the shaft they were working in collapsed on Aug. 5, were confirmed to be alive Sunday when they were reached by rescue teams via a small hole through which they could pass messages and see the miners with a camera.</p>

<p>Relatives and people gathered outside the collapsed mine San Jose celebrate as a truck carrying a new drill that will be used to rescue 33 trapped miners arrives in Copiapo, Chile, on Tuesday. The miners, who have been trapped since the shaft they were working in collapsed on Aug. 5, were confirmed to be alive Sunday when they were reached by rescue teams via a small hole through which they could pass messages and see the miners with a camera.</p>

August 25, 2010

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Miners use discipline to survive until rescue
August 25, 2010 9 p.m.

Miners use discipline to survive until rescue

COPIAPO, Chile - Each of the 33 miners trapped a half-mile underground lived on two spoonfuls of tuna, a sip of milk, a bite of crackers and a morsel of peaches. Every other day.