
COPIAPO, Chile (AFP) – Chile's mining heroes returned to the scene of their record-breaking survival for an emotional celebratory mass, amid some strains over the media frenzy surrounding them.
Thirteen survivors, accompanied by partners and children, took part in a private ceremony after visiting the tent city where relatives refused to give up hope, waiting anxiously for 10 long weeks for their safe return.
Claudio Yanez, who proposed to his longtime companion Cristina Nunez during the ordeal, toured "Camp Hope" with his tiny daughter in his arms, peering into tents now empty and battered by the strong Atacama desert...