Estimated global TV audience for Chilean miner rescue: One billion people

He hopped out of the rescue capsule under his own power to the greeting of family members, a hug from Chilean President Sebastian Pinera, the cheers of hundreds and a worldwide TV audience estimated at a billion…

Chile has taken extensive precautions to ensure the miners’ health and privacy, sending down Navy special forces paramedics to prepare them for the trip and using a screen to block the top of the shaft from more than 1,000 journalists at the scene.