Čileanski rudari

Radnici koji pokušavaju da spasu 33 rudara zarobljena pod zemljom u Čileu kažu da se nadaju da će do njih stići već u novembru. Prvobitno je čileanska vlada objavila da će spasavanje rudara trajati do Božića.

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The engineers are digging two escape tunnels for the men and plan to start on a third one soon. Work on the second of the tunnels is going particularly well. René Aguilar, one of the chief engineers at the site, said he expected the drill to reach the area where the miners are sheltering this weekend.

Then, the engineers will haul the drill up to the surface and start digging again, to widen the shaft until it's big enough to serve as an escape route. Aguilar said the team expected to rescue the men in early November.

The news has been welcomed by relatives of the men, who have been celebrating the birth of one of the miners' daughters. Baby Esperanza was born on Tuesday. Her father Ariel Ticona is trapped below ground.

Video images of the birth were sent down a supply chute to the miners' refuge so that he could watch them.

Reporter: Gideon Long, BBC News, Chile

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escape tunnel
tunel za izlazak, tunel za spasavanje

drill
bušilica

sheltering
ostanak na sigurnom, u zaklonu

haul... up
podići nešto teško

shaft
dugačak, uzak prolaz ili hodnik

serve as
može služiti kao, može se koristiti kao

rescue
spasiti, izbaviti

trapped
u klopci, zarobljeni, nisu u mogućnosti da pobegnu

supply chute
prolaz (kanal) kroz koji se šalju osnovne namirnice

refuge
sigurno mesto, zaklon, sklonište