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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBangladesh survivor Reshma Begum: I never dreamed I'd see daylight again
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/10/bangladesh-survivor-reshma-begum
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Rescue workers had given up hope of finding anyone else alive in the rubble of the Rana Plaza. Then they heard a faint tapping
Reshma Begum is pulled out alive from the wreckage of the Rana Plaza building in Savar, Dhaka, 17 days after the building collapsed. Photograph: EPA
First came the collapse. At 9am, as the day's work started, a ripping, tearing sound, clouds of choking dust, the screams of colleagues and finally silence. Then came fire, rain, and 16 long days in the darkness under the rubble, surrounded by the decaying corpses of her friends and colleagues. On Friday came hope.
Through the morning, Reshma Begum, a seamstress who worked on the second floor of the Rana Plaza in a suburb of Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, heard rescuers close by. But none heard her.
"I heard voices of the rescue workers. I kept hitting the wreckage with sticks and rods to attract their attention," she told reporters from a hospital bed.
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Bangladesh survivor Reshma Begum: I never dreamed I'd see daylight again (Original Post)
malaise
May 2013
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uppityperson
(115,677 posts)1. That is an incredible story, good for her to stay alive and get rescued.
malaise
(268,844 posts)3. The rain may actually have saved her
I hope her kidneys are OK.
GiaGiovanni
(1,247 posts)2. Definitely an uplifting story
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sheshe2
(83,708 posts)4. Sixteen days!
So amazing that she survived, malaise!
malaise
(268,844 posts)5. That's a long time - she must have had a great breakfast
Wonder if she had any snacks
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)6. Let's us all hope she survives in the long run..since she will
probably have very serious health problems stemming from being trapped for 17 days