Person of the Year 2010 Runners-Up: Chilean Miners

Jimmy Sánchez, 19, explosives assistant
The youngest miner, an avid soccer player, had dropped out of school and gone to work to support his family. Only weeks before the mine collapse, he had become the father of a baby girl. "I'm going to go back to finish high school," vows Sánchez.

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