Teenage girl pulled from rubble of college in Port Au Prince
source: http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_14280571?source=rss&nclick_check=1
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The last previous rescue of someone trapped by the quake occurred Saturday, when a man was extricated from the ruins of a hotel grocery store.
A cousin says Darlene Etienne had just started studying at the school when the disaster struck. The cousin says, "We thought she was dead."
The French rescuers rushed her to a field hospital.
On Tuesday, Haitians pulled a man from the rubble of a downtown store. He later said he had been trapped since one of the quake's early aftershocks.
In the capital, street vendors openly sell U.S.-donated rice by the cupful from bags marked "not for resale." At a homeless camp, a young woman told of thieves who tried to sell her own food back to her.
As she spoke, a gang of youths pushed into a line of people waiting for water Wednesday, shoving an elderly woman, who screamed and swung her bucket at their heads.
Such scenes and worse are common among crowds of Haitians lining up for rice, beans or ready-to-eat meals, forcing U.N. peacekeepers to fire pepper spray and Haitian police to swing sticks to restore control.
Whether locked up in warehouses or stolen by thugs from people's hands, food from the world's aid agencies still isn't getting to enough hungry Haitians, leaving the strongest and fittest with the most.
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Deterioration leads to desperation which leads to Darwinism. Yet among the chaos, miracles still happen. How many others still live in the rubble as the search efforts are ended?
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insidedisaster
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Our videographer Nicolas Jolliet was driving by when this happened and caught the rescue on camera - incredible moment, what a survivor.
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insidedisaster
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Andrew_Fusco
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Andrew_Fusco
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mirror
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Other parts of the article are interesting as well, the breakdown of civil society in desperate times shows human nature/nurture. I hope the nations of the wold continue to aid Haiti until knowledge and love persist in getting their needs met.
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mirror
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nursediesel
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God bless her. Hope she goes on to help others.
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nursediesel
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eternal_springs
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Yes, absolutely amazing and wonderful!! How many more may still be alive waiting to be rescued?
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eternal_springs
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JanforGore
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15 days. It is truly amazing. I wish the same for her. I hope we see more saved.
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JanforGore
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EthicalVegan
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE let her be returned to good health! This is absolutely amazing news. I want so much for her to go on and have a really full, healthy, happy, activist life! How wonderful for her! How wonderful for her family and friends!
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EthicalVegan
