Palestinian, Lebanese survivors relive Haiti quake terror

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More than a dozen Middle Eastern citizens who lived through Haiti's earthquake arrived in Beirut on Thursday, mourning lost loved ones who were buried in the rubble and nursing broken bones.

The Middle East Airlines flight took aid to Haiti and returned with 15 Lebanese, Syrians and Palestinians who were greeted by relatives on landing in Beirut. Latin America and the Caribbean are home to hundreds of thousands of people of Lebanese and Syrian origin.

Najib Tarazi, a Palestinian, was working at a supermarket in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, when the earth shifted beneath his feet on Jan. 12.

"The roof fell on me," said Tarazi, who suffered broken bones and was taken away in an ambulance Thursday. "I stayed in the rubble for seven hours until they found me."

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