In Haiti, 21-year-old man and elderly woman (84) pulled from rubble 10 days after earthquake

[Turborama]

Source: CP

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — An Israeli search team pulled a severely dehydrated 21-year-old man from the rubble of his bedroom a staggering 10 days after an earthquake levelled much of the Haitian capital.

Emmannuel Buso was so ghostly pale that rescuers said his mother thought he was a corpse. However, doctors found him in relatively good shape despite his ordeal and he is expected to make a full recovery.

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Elsewhere Friday, an 84-year-old woman was said by relatives to have been pulled from the wreckage of her home, according to doctors administering oxygen and intravenous fluids to her at the General Hospital. Doctors said she was in critical condition.

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Maj. Amir Ben David, the head of the Israeli search-and-rescue team, said he has never seen anyone survive as long as Buso under such circumstances. He said the rescue is a reminder of the importance of continuing their efforts.

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Wow, amazing!

[sabrina 1]

1. Wow is right, Turborama ~

Two miracles. The Israelis have been doing amazing work in Haiti.

Thank you for posting this good news. There is so little to feel good about but these stories do give so much hope and demonstrate the goodness of people like the rescuers and aid workers.

[marshall]

5. Israel is representing the middle east very well

Too bad they're doing it alone, though.

http://www.tomgrossmedia.com/mideastdispatches/archives/001083.html

[sabrina 1]

7. Actually they are not alone. And it's sad that you would try to

bring politics into this situation.

The Palestinians eg, poor as they are and so much in need themselves, have sent aid to Haiti. They have donated food and clothing and donations through the Red Cross.

Kuwait, Indonesia, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Jordan and several other Muslim and Arab countries have sent aid.

It's not hard to find a list of International Aid to Haiti. Pakistan's own economy has been decimated by our war in Afghanistan, but still they have sent aid and asked their citizens to donate.

What a shame to read that site you linked to. People are dying and injured and starving and one of the only good things about this disaster is the response of the world. It's sad to see the 'gotcha ragheads' attitude expressed by many commenters their.

[Violet_Crumble]

8. +1

Both the poster you replied to and the site they linked to displayed a disgusting and an ignorant attitude where the victims of the earthquake are forgotten in order for them to peddle their petty political agendas. Shame on both of them...

[marshall]

9. FYI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Gross

[Violet_Crumble]

10. And? What's that to do with the fact that they're disgusting?

Apart from the sheer ugliness of the political peddling both you and that site displayed, you don't seem to be aware that the site you linked to has claimed ALL Palestinians are terrorists. Doesn't that bother you at all?

[marshall]

11. Could you please share the URL/source for your data?

Information is the clearest tool to fight ignorance.

I did several searches (in the internet and in databases I have access to) to look at where the aid to Haiti is coming from. It is always encouraging to see the poorer countries that give so much of their time and resources--it gives great hope for the future.

Sorry the site's got some opinionated verbiage that is offensive. I was pointing to the numbers only. I'm used to having to use resources of mixed value--one has to glean the useful from the nonuseful.

[Violet_Crumble]

12. It was in the Wall Street Journal a few years back. You can pay to view it...

I'm not going to. I find it strange that yr trying to claim innocence as to the extreme bias of that site you posted a link to even though there was a link straight from the homepage to some articles from him where he tries to make out the Israeli settlers in Gaza were expelled and was opposed to their removal by the Israeli govt. Why would you be touting an extremist like him?

That's nice that you did a few searches. What would be nicer is if you could acknowledge just how ugly and disgusting yr initial post was with the way you tried to politicise it.

[marshall]

13. No, I was talking about data concering aid to Haiti

Not something from a few years back, though that would be interesting to compare past situations with the current one.

I do have access to the Wall Street Journal, thanks for the reference.

FYI, Qatar has stepped in with aid:
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=337312&version=1&template_id=57&parent_id=56

as have Iran and Jordan:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/01/saudi-arabia-unlike-qatar-iran-and-jordan-kingdom-fails-to-cough-up-haiti-cash.html

[Violet_Crumble]

14. I've got no idea and even less interest in looking up 'data'...

I'm so not into gotcha games when it comes to massive disasters like the earthquake...

[marshall]

15. I totally agree

I'm not here to argue or be insulted either. It's nice to have a place to have a civil exchange of thought.

[sabrina 1]

17. Here you go ~

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_response_by_national_governments_to_the_2010_Haiti_earthquake


From all over the world. From Africa, even from Rwanda, they couldn't afford much, but they gave $100,000.

Egypt, Morocco, Liberia, Bahrain, Kazakhstan and so many more.

I wish you had not drawn my attention to this issue. I was happy to just see that the Israelis had done some very good work in Haiti.

Now, however I see they have been asked by the U.S. to involve themselves in policing Haiti. I wish they had refused as Haiti doesn't need policing. The South American countries ar best suited to help Haiti now and have no need to fear the Haitian people.

Why would Israel do this rather than just go there on a humanitarian mission? Poor Haiti, the vultures are circling as the money flows in just as Naomi Klein warned us.

From the link:

Following a request from the United States and the United Nations, the Israel Police is sending dozens of officers to join peacekeeping forces in Haiti. They will join a group of Israel Police forensic investigators who flew to Haiti with the IDF's Home Front Command and medical team to assist in the identification of earthquake casualties shortly after the quake.

The U.S. as so many have feared, are determined to turn this into some thing it is not even if they have to stir up trouble, as they so often do.

Israel was doing fine just helping like all the other countries there with no strings attached. They need to stop, as does the U.S. interfering in the business of other nations. Shame on them.

[marshall]

18. Thanks for the link

The United Nations seems to be at the forefront in making sure the money is accounted for. And Israel isn't the only one they've asked to send troops for peacekeeping--China, India, Sri Lanka, Argentina, Peru--amazing that people from all over most parts of the world are there.

[Turborama]

19. Indonesia Sends Earthquake Rescue Team, Medics & Other Humanitarian Workers To Haiti

Among the raft of countries sending earthquake relief teams to Haiti is Indonesia.

The personnel from Indonesia's National Disaster Handling Agency include experts in search and rescue as well as medics and other humanitarian workers.

As Al Jazeera English's Step Vaessen reports from Jakarta, Indonesia has extensive experience with natural disasters, particularly particularly earthquakes. (Jan 18, 2010) http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x424398


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[Rhiannon12866]

2. K&R!!!

:wow: :bounce:

[jennied]

3. I can't even imagine being stuck under rubble for 10 days. That's amazing.

[panzerfaust]

4. But was this the right thing to do?

Some thoughtful commentary from the Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/22/haiti-aid-effort-earthquake

...tens of thousands were likely to die because they had received no medical treatment while emergency teams scoured rubble for signs of life.

"We end up chasing our tails. By the time we have the supplies for the masses it is almost too late. I think if we mobilised for the masses and put less media emphasis many lives could have been saved,"...

..."Think about the millions who were not under the rubble. Nobody wants to lose lives but I think you have to value the lives of tens of thousands who may be dying now every day from infections. The world may want to rethink the way it delivers emergency relief services."

For myself...I guess that the answer would be "Yes," as I respond more to the more immediate needs of an individual, than to the perhaps ultimately more weighty, but certainly less pressing, needs of a group.

Besides, with better organization, both missions could have been better accomplished.

Now the pressing need is for organization to deliver relief to the survivors: something that still seems beyond the capability of the governments involved as supplies continue to sit unused where they were off-loaded, rather than being distributed to those in need.

[Dappleganger]

6. Are we in the miracle phase yet?

Especially WRT to the elderly woman!

[Jennicut]

16. The longest the human body can live without water was always thought to be 10 days.

I wonder if we will find anyone else in the next few days. I hope for more miracles.

[Waiting For Everyman]

20. Kick for good news!