Person of the Year 2010 Runners-Up: Chilean Miners

Yonni Barrios, 50, driller
Called "The Doctor" for his nursing knowledge, Barrios, wearing the shirt the miners wore as they got out of the mine with Psalm 95:4 on the back, tended to the miners underground and reported to health officials above. He became tabloid fodder when, after emerging from the capsule, his mistress greeted him, instead of his estranged wife. "There isn't anything in engineering that explains how the drill found us — we all took it as a miracle," says Barrios.

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