On Saturday in Haiti rescuers found a man alive in the ruble, this came about with the urging from his brothers. He was found in a tunnel, which the rescuers had women go through since they were the only ones that were small enough to fit through the tunnel. The rescued man was found in the grocery store in which he worked as a clerk. Since the 7.0 earthquake happened he had been under the table in which he went under when the quake the only position he could be in since the quake hit was on his back. He told the associated press that he was hungry so he ate and drank whatever he could get his hands on. He also said that he did not know whether it was night or day most of the time. When the rescuers found him they gave him water to drink while they worked on getting him out of the tunnel he was in. He was buried in 16 to 20 feet of ruble mostly of wood and concrete. A Greek woman who was a member of the rescue team found him wedged between shelving, another woman started to saw the shelving to get him freed. When he emerged from where he was trapped he was smiling, just happy about getting out of where he was trapped. It is not sure if anyone else was trapped in the building with him, rescuers are using radar to look for signs of life. The rescuers speculate the reason for his survival was due to that the building he was trapped in was mostly made of wood, which made it so that there were air pockets for him to be able to breathe. His rescue is being viewed as a miracle by the rescuers.
When the 7.0 quake leveled the city rescues have been rare. It killed an estimated 200,000 people when it hit. Including the latest rescue 133,000 people have been pulled from buildings in the area.
Earlier on Saturday the rescue efforts had been called off, this was before anyone heard the rescued man calling out for help. Even though the Haitian Government has called an end to the rescue efforts dozens of international rescuers are still poking through the rubble looking for survivors of the January 12 quake that had devastated the area.
Experts say that finding anyone alive after 72 hours becomes slim, especially after more and more time passes.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100123/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_rescue
