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Trapped Chile Miner Becomes New Dad

   VOA News 15 September 2010
   New  born  Esperanza  Ticona,  the  first  baby of trapped miner Ariel
   Ticona  and his wife, Elizabeth Segovia, sleeps at the Copiapo Clinic,
   Copiapo,  some 70 km, about 43 miles, from the San Jose mine, northern
   Chile, 14 Sept. 2010

Photo: AP

   New  born  Esperanza  Ticona,  the  first  baby of trapped miner Ariel
   Ticona  and his wife, Elizabeth Segovia, sleeps at the Copiapo Clinic,
   Copiapo,  some 70 km, about 43 miles, from the San Jose mine, northern
   Chile, 14 Sept. 2010

   One  of  the  33  Chilean  miners trapped for 40 days has become a new
   father,  but  he  will  have  to  wait  weeks  before  he can hold his
   daughter.
   Ariel  Ticona's wife gave birth to their daughter, Esperanza â Spanish
   for Hope, on Tuesday at a hospital in Copiapo, near the mine.
   Drilling  to  free  Ticona  and  the 32 other men has been temporarily
   halted  due  to  a  broken drill head, but authorities say it will not
   significantly delay the rescue effort.
   
   Emergency workers made contact with them on August 22. Authorities say
   a rescue could take until the end of the year.
   The miners have been receiving food, medicine, letters, cigarettes and
   other items through a chute to the chamber where they are located.
   The  miners  have  been  underground  since  August  5, when they were
   trapped by a cave-in.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

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