Lid is placed on Chile mine shaft

14 October 2010 Last updated at 02:42 ET Help

President Sebastian Pinera was applauded as he firmly placed a lid on the entrance to the rescue shaft at the San Jose mine in Chile.

All 33 miners have been brought to safety after a 69-day ordeal trapped deep underground.

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