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were greeted with loud applause miners rescued from San Jose. The ceacheí was felt on the set of CNN.
The TV show "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute" to honor the "heroes" of the year, began with a sense tribute to the 33 miners who spent 70 days underground in a reservoir San Jose, who took the stage and received warm applause from the audience.
Anderson Cooper was on hand to present the workers: "survived a nightmare, they experienced a miracle and became brothers," said . Moments
after the miners appeared onstage at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles (California, USA) for about 6,000 spectators.
The curtain rose and workers appeared with a large Chilean flag to cheers from public recognition, while the cameras showed the excited faces of actresses Renee Zellweger and Jessica Alba.
"We thank God and the world for their prayers," said one worker. "Our families have suffered, our children, thanks to the prayers of the world we leave this problem," added another.
The 33 miners were invited to this program with five of the responders who participated in the rescue, because "symbolize the resilience, strength and persistence of the human spirit" , according to a CNN .
"Some of the rescued us here. Thanks for bringing us home, are heroes to us," said one miner, who sang part of the anthem of his country and ended shouting in unison: "Chi, chi, chi, le, le, le ... Mineros de Chile! ".
The ceremony honored the 10 heroes of the year, chosen from 10,000 candidates contesting from more than one hundred countries, who each received a $ 25,000 prize.
Anuradha Koirala's Nepali, an activist who has set a mission to combat sexual exploitation of young women in her country, was honored with the votes of the public as the most prominent figure and received an additional amount of $ 100,000.
