The facts you need to know about the Chilean rescue.

This is number 11. 22 to go. It started on August the 5th, when 33 miners took their lunch break and decided to take that break in an underground "safe" room. . . . it was nearby. While on their break, the grounds gave way and 178,000 tons of dirt and rock slide down the mountain, blocking off entry into the mine.

For 17 days, no one knew if these men were alive or not, all the while a rescue attempt was under way on the ground above. The "safe" room was located on a map and a small three inch hole was drilled down into the safe room. On that day, when the bit was extracted, a note was found on its tip that read, "We are alive."

Today is Day 70 -- the longest any group of men have been beneath the surface of the earth -- alive -- in modern human history. The hole that was, then, cut, to accommodate the rescue is only 21 inches in diameter. Several of the trapped men had to spend their time on a special diet so they would fit into the caged module that was invented by NASA and others for this specific rescue.

The first 11 men look great. The rescue effort began at 11 pm. Chilean time, last night, and will continue throughout this day, one man being extracted each hour, on average. If all goes well, the rescue will be completed tomorrow morning.