Person of the Year 2010 Runners-Up: Chilean Miners

Daniel Herrera, 27, truck driver
Herrera had just returned from Paris— where he found the women "muy bonitas"—when we met with him. "You can't let your arms down against any difficulty," says Herrera. "You've got to have a will to live. We never let down our guards."

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