Rewards awaiting Chile miners

Greek mining company Elmin Hellenic Mining Enterprises has offered a free one-week vacation to Greece for each miner and a companion,so that they could enjoy our sun and sea.

Family members said they had been invited by two European soccer teams,Manchester United and Real Madrid,to visit their stadiums in Britain and Spain.

Real Madrid had sent 33 jerseys signed by players and with the words Have strength,miners printed on them to them while they were trapped.

Diego Maradona sent a message saying that the miners liberation after 69 days underground was proof that miracles exist and you are one of them.

Edison Peña,an Elvis fan among the miners,may get to see the King. Graceland and the Memphis Convention amp; Visitors Bureau extended invitations for him and a loved one to visit Elviss Memphis home.

Peña,who earned the nickname Runner for jogging 3 to 6 miles a day through the mine tunnels,could also swing up to New York for the New York City Marathon on November 7.

Apple says it has sent iPod Touch to each miner.

The miners get to keep the Oakley sunglasses they wore while leaving the mine.

Adriana Barrientos,a reality show personality in Chile,offered to do a striptease for each of the 33 miners to improve their spirits.