The retrieval of the first miner , Florencio Ávalos , began Process_start on Tuesday , 12 October at 23:55 CLDT , with the rescue capsule reaching the surface 16 minutes later .

Less than 24 hours later , at 21:55 CLDT on 13 October , all 33 miners had been rescued Rescuing , almost all in good medical condition , and expected to recover fully .