Person of the Year 2010 Runners-Up: Chilean Miners
Peter Hapak for TIME
Pedro Cortez, 25, crane operator
"I have to take a pill to sleep each night," says Cortez, who lost a finger in a mining accident last year. "I want to say thanks for all the effort that was made to get us out. We're good now, we're alive."
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