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Another miracle in Haiti
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California Girl
Another miracle in Haiti
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Miracle as girl, two, is found alive under Haiti earthquake rubble by Manchester rescue team
By DANIEL BOFFEY and MARTIN DELGADO
A team of British firefighters told of their desperate five-hour struggle to pull a two-year-old girl from the rubble of a nursery destroyed by the Haiti earthquake.The hysterical toddler, cal...led Mia, had been trapped under the ruins of the building for three days alongside the bodies of her dead friends before her breathing was picked up by her rescuers' sonar equipment.Working in sweltering heat, the firemen, from Manchester and Wales, then dug with their hands, shovels and picks to reach her.
The gap through which they pulled Mia was so small that they had to carefully cut away her pigtails - which were held by pink hairbands - to prise her out from under the ruins. Dehydrated but suffering from nothing more than cuts and bruises, the little girl was then reunited with her mother, who had been watching helplessly.
The British firefighters who rescued Mia were in a 64-strong team from eight brigades sent to Haiti as part of the UK aid effort. Simon Cording, 35, the rescuer who pulled Mia from the rubble, said: ‘Mia was just one of the lucky ones. The devastation here is so vast. Back home we complain about a bit of snow but that is nothing in comparison to what these people are going through.’An unknown number of children playing in the nursery were crushed by the roof and walls of the building when the earthquake
struck on Tuesday.
Miracle as girl, two, is found alive under Haiti earthquake rubble by Manchester rescue team
By DANIEL BOFFEY and MARTIN DELGADO
A team of British firefighters told of their desperate five-hour struggle to pull a two-year-old girl from the rubble of a nursery destroyed by the Haiti earthquake.The hysterical toddler, cal...led Mia, had been trapped under the ruins of the building for three days alongside the bodies of her dead friends before her breathing was picked up by her rescuers' sonar equipment.Working in sweltering heat, the firemen, from Manchester and Wales, then dug with their hands, shovels and picks to reach her.
The gap through which they pulled Mia was so small that they had to carefully cut away her pigtails - which were held by pink hairbands - to prise her out from under the ruins. Dehydrated but suffering from nothing more than cuts and bruises, the little girl was then reunited with her mother, who had been watching helplessly.
The British firefighters who rescued Mia were in a 64-strong team from eight brigades sent to Haiti as part of the UK aid effort. Simon Cording, 35, the rescuer who pulled Mia from the rubble, said: ‘Mia was just one of the lucky ones. The devastation here is so vast. Back home we complain about a bit of snow but that is nothing in comparison to what these people are going through.’An unknown number of children playing in the nursery were crushed by the roof and walls of the building when the earthquake
struck on Tuesday.
CG I hope you don't mind me putting this here, I didn't want to make another thread knowing these stories will grow in the next couple days (HOPEFULLY!)
This was in Linne's thread but Anthony cleaned that one up http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/weather/ ... 1-18.html#
This was in Linne's thread but Anthony cleaned that one up http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/weather/ ... 1-18.html#
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California Girl
And now another earthquake has hit Haiti...35 miles northwest of Port-au-Prince...A magnitude 6.1. Haven't seen any reports of additional damage, other than shaken buildings and people running for the streets.
Crazy.
Crazy.
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California Girl
Man Buried in Haiti Rubble Uses iPhone to Treat Wounds, Survive
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/ ... or-iphone/
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/ ... or-iphone/
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California Girl
Man found alive in Haiti after being buried for 11 days
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/w ... 000164.ece
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/w ... 000164.ece
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California Girl
Rescuers Pull Teenage Girl From Rubble 15 Days After Haiti Quake
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,584 ... latestnews
Absolutely Amazing!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,584 ... latestnews
Absolutely Amazing!
