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Parker CA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 02:34 PM
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Good news on a gloomy day: CNN: 5 year old boy just pulled from rubble in Haiti alive.
Edited on Wed Jan-20-10 02:35 PM by Parker CA
7.5 days later. His uncle found him in a void space while digging through the rubble of their home. His mother and father died, but he's alive.

WOW. That's an incredible survival story.
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 02:35 PM
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1. I hope he gets medical attention quick.
Unfortunately, removing them from the rubble is only half the battle.
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Parker CA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 02:36 PM
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3. He has been getting care for the last hour. Severe dehydration but they think he'll survive.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 02:35 PM
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2. Good news indeed...7.5 days later...wow...that kid is wired
for survival.
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Parker CA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 02:37 PM
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5. Insane, huh? Can't even imagine that. He's been under rubble for over a week. Hard to fathom.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 02:36 PM
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4. Great news !!!!
Light in the darkness.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 02:39 PM
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6. And now that the medical capacity has increased by
orders of magnitude...

That kid is probably getting care.

Sad piece of data... before teh quake, yes before hospitals went down and all... the island had less capacity than right now... and when all those teams leave, and they will...

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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 03:07 PM
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7. Kick for the moms in us all! Pardon me while I sob happily... nt
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pnorman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 04:17 PM
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8. Here's the CNN article:
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