Person of the Year 2010 Runners-Up: Chilean Miners

Chilean Miners
Peter Hapak for TIME

José Ojeda, 46, drilling chief
A widower with diabetes, he wrote the famous message 'Estamos bien en el refugio los 33'— 'All 33 of us are OK in the emergency shelter' brought up to the world when the miners were located. "I want to express a lot of love and thanks," says Ojeda, "to everyone for their prayers."

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