CNN:Child pulled from rubble two days after quake; searches go on

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/14/haiti.rescues/index.html

Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Her braids, dusty from the rubble around her, poked out from the small opening where she lay crying in pain, her right leg pinned under a heavy piece of metal.

A group of men worked throughout the day to free this 11-year-old girl -- one of scores trapped beneath buildings that collapsed in Tuesday's 7.0-magnitude quake. Lacking proper supplies to cut through the metal crushing the child's leg, the men briefly considered amputating it.

Finally, just after sunset Thursday, a miracle of sorts: an electric saw and a small generator. Within a couple of hours, the girl was freed and rushed to a first aid station. Her leg was so badly wounded, her family was taking her to a more sophisticated hospital some three hours outside of Port-au-Prince.

Many rescuers have clawed their way to survivors pinned beneath buildings two days after the devastating earthquake. In the absence of heavy machinery to clear the debris, residents used their hands and brawn to lift large slabs of concrete. Some trapped victims punched out bricks themselves and tried to squeeze through cracks in the fallen structures.

[Neurotica]

1. So happy to hear about this; CNN's afternoon reporting was heartbreaking

Reporter Ivan Watson was on the scene for hours as neighbors tried to free this young girl. And she is just one of many.

[Quantess]

2. I can't imagine how horrible it would be to be injured and trapped in rubble.

The ones who were killed instantly may actually be some of the luckier ones. Imagine dying slowly and not being able to escape from a wrecked building.

[Silver Gaia]

3. Thank you so much for posting this!

I saw Ivan Watson's live report on CNN about this little girl earlier today, and have been trying to find out what happened to her. It broke my heart. I hope they can save her leg.

[Grandrose]

4. Thank you for posting this...I was watching and wondered what the outcome!

I was sad and holding up to this tragedy and then this beautiful and brave little girl....made the tears flow.
Bless those rescuers who just would not give up. Miracles do happen.O8)