From AFP:
The joy of family members of the first miner to be rescued in Chile Wednesday turned suddenly to horror when hundreds of journalists trampled their humble tent in a mad rush to speak to them.
The chaos and jostling marred what had been a celebratory moment shared by the relatives of Florencio Avalos, the 31-year-old miner who was the first of the 33 to be winched to the surface.
Moments before Avalos stepped out of the rescue cage to hug his son and wife, and President Sebastian Pinera and other officials, the family had been surrounded in their tent on all sides by walls of cameras and journalists.
But when Avalos appeared on the television they were watching, to cheers, applause and horns throughout the camp where the miners’ families were staying, the news workers rushed forward as one to capture the historic moment.
Avalos’s father Alfonso, tears running down his face, said: “It’s a huge joy. I’m so happy.”
Then, as Alfonso hugged his wife Maria Silva, things turned ugly.
Reporters pushed and shoved to be the first to interview them, pulling on the hair of those in the way, throwing punches and almost knocking others to the ground.
The family retreated, and a frightened-looking Maria angrily hit out at journalists close to her with the Chilean flag bunched in her hand.
But the media mob, five-deep, kept advancing, crushing furniture and finally toppling the family’s humble tent.
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