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Another miracle in Haiti

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:46 am
by California Girl
Posted from "Everything and Anything Virgin Islands" on Facebook

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.

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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:11 pm
by iowaguy
Amazing story---thanks.

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:03 pm
by Nic in KC
Thanks for sharing. I'm so glad to hear of another miracle. I just wish there were more!

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:14 pm
by Wakey
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#

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 5:02 pm
by California Girl
No problem Wakey! Post as much as you like on this thread! I'm happy to see stories of hope and rescue!

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:48 am
by soxfan22
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.

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:57 pm
by California Girl

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:34 pm
by mindehankins
How wonderful! It's amazing how strong these souls are. Did you see, further down, that one of the latest found was a 15 day old infant? You'd have a hard time convincing an new mom that a baby could survive an hour without her, let alone 6 days!!! I'm so happy for that mom :D
Gld bless them all......

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:30 pm
by California Girl
Minde - I have to believe that God has a plan for these people!

Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 10:29 pm
by California Girl
Man Buried in Haiti Rubble Uses iPhone to Treat Wounds, Survive
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/ ... or-iphone/

Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 10:38 pm
by Terry
Lord, where does this stop. My heart hurts. I want to open my home and bring them all here.

Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 10:56 pm
by California Girl
Man found alive in Haiti after being buried for 11 days
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/w ... 000164.ece

Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:54 pm
by California Girl
Rescuers Pull Teenage Girl From Rubble 15 Days After Haiti Quake

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,584 ... latestnews

Absolutely Amazing!

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:13 pm
by linne
Yes, it's just amazing. But I can't stop thinking now:
Can there be more people in the ruins still alive?
Terrible!

Linne

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:39 pm
by California Girl
I think the same thing, linne! The will to live is very strong.