Wednesday, January 27, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE: The US military pulled a Haitian man alive from under the rubble in Port-au-Prince Tuesday, but it was not clear whether he had been trapped since the January 12 quake or more recently.
The middle-aged man was covered with dust, had facial injuries and appeared to have lost weight. Soldiers at the scene said he may have been a looter who became stuck in recent days when a damaged building collapsed.
Specialist Andrew Pourak said the man had "possibly" been trapped under the rubble for the past two weeks, but that he may also have become caught in the last several days amid the chaos that followed the disaster.
"We don't know if he was there from the beginning or in one of the aftershocks he may have gone under," Pourak told media.
Haiti has been hit by at least 50 tremors since the original quake. The man reportedly had a crushed leg and had been transported to a hospital.
PORT-AU-PRINCE: The US military pulled a Haitian man alive from under the rubble in Port-au-Prince Tuesday, but it was not clear whether he had been trapped since the January 12 quake or more recently.
The middle-aged man was covered with dust, had facial injuries and appeared to have lost weight. Soldiers at the scene said he may have been a looter who became stuck in recent days when a damaged building collapsed.
Specialist Andrew Pourak said the man had "possibly" been trapped under the rubble for the past two weeks, but that he may also have become caught in the last several days amid the chaos that followed the disaster.
"We don't know if he was there from the beginning or in one of the aftershocks he may have gone under," Pourak told media.
Haiti has been hit by at least 50 tremors since the original quake. The man reportedly had a crushed leg and had been transported to a hospital.
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