Chile Flag First Miner Pulled From Chilean Mine VIDEO

They were brought up one by one in a metal capsule, named the Phoenix 2, on a twisting journey along a 2,041ft shaft that had been drilled by rescuers.
The first miner up was Florencio Avalos, 31, who took his first breath of fresh air for more than nine weeks, ending an ordeal that has gripped Chile and the world.
As he exited the hole at 12.11am (4.11am GMT) a siren blared, cheers went up and bystanders chanted the country’s name – “Chi! Chi! Chi!
Steam rushed from the shaft into the frigid desert air, a sign of the humid, sauna-like conditions the men have endured.

Avalos appeared in good health and hugged his sobbing seven-year-old son Bairon, and his wife, then bear hugged Chilean President Sebastian Pinera and rescuers.

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Texas Flag Mistaken

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Election officials in Atascosa County are correcting a mistake on absentee ballots to remove the flag of Chile, which is similar to the Texas banner. Voter Troy Knudson noticed the error. Knudson told the Austin American-Statesman that election officials congratulated him “for preventing future Atascosa voters from seeing the flag mistake.”

The flags of Texas and Chile both have a white stripe on top and a red one on the bottom, plus a single star in the middle of a blue field.

In the Chilean flag the blue is only in the top left corner. The Texas flag displayed the blue all along the left side.

Current elections administrator Janice Ruple blames a previous worker for the mixup and says “We just never caught it.”

The election is Nov. 2.

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