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Wednesday, January 20, 2010haitinatural disastersworldamericas

Woman rescued alive a week after Haiti earthquake

Rescue workers struggle in dusty conditions to free a young woman from the rubble of the collapsed Olympic market in Port-au-Prince more than a week after the earthquake that devastated Haiti Photograph: David Levene Photograph: David Levene/guardian.co.uk A mixture of Turkish and French teams with Haitian fire services and American support services worked together for close to 11 hours to free the woman via an exposed cavity near to the roof of the collapsed building Photograph: David Levene Photograph: David Levene/guardian.co.uk The woman was found by a Dutch canine search team which was identifying the whereabouts of deceased victims when it came across the woman trapped alive Photograph: David Levene Photograph: guardian.co.uk Rescue workers struggle to free the young woman Photograph: David Levene Photograph: David Levene/guardian.co.uk The woman talks on a mobile phone after her rescue from the rubble Photograph: David Levene Photograph: David Levene/guardian.co.uk The woman smiles at one of her rescuers. She was pulled from the rubble by French aid group Secouristes Sans Frontieres Photograph: David Levene Photograph: David Levene/guardian.co.uk The young woman on a stretcher after her rescue Photograph: David Levene Photograph: guardian.co.uk The woman is lowered on a stretcher by rescue workers Photograph: David Levene Photograph: David Levene/guardian.co.uk The woman smiles after her rescue Photograph: David Levene Photograph: David Levene/guardian.co.uk Rescue workers load the woman into an emergency vehicle Photograph: David Levene Photograph: David Levene/guardian.co.uk

Source: The Guardian ↗

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