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Americans Held in Haiti Plead for U.S. Government Help
By David Sessions - Politics DailyA group of 10 Americans jailed in Haiti for attempting to take 33 children out of the country illegally is pleading with the U.S. government to assist them, the New York Times reports. The Americans were charged on Jan. 26 with kidnapping and criminal conspiracy, and now say the U.S. is not doing enough to help them. "I have faith in God," said Corinna Lankford, one of the detainees, who say they believed they had permission to rescue orphans after last month's earthquake. "But maybe the U.S. government could help a little more, too. No one is giving us any kind of information about what is ...
U.S. Rescue Effort in Haiti Finds No One Alive
By David Wood - Politics DailyPolitics Daily military correspondent David Wood witnessed a rescue attempt in Haiti today. Here is his latest report, filed on his BlackBerry from the scene: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division, along with a U.S. search-and-rescue team, worked feverishly throughout the day to free a Haitian man trapped in the rubble in central Port-au-Prince. For a moment Tuesday afternoon, it looked as if their efforts had paid off. But sadly, an initial report to the commander that the victim had been pulled out alive from the rubble proved untrue. ...
Man Rescued From Quake Rubble in Port-au-Prince
By David Knowles - AOL News(Jan. 26) – U.S. troops pulled a 31-year-old Haitian man from the rubble of a collapsed building in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday. The rescue occurred a full 14 days after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake leveled much of the Haitian capital, but it was not clear how long the man had been trapped. Ricot Duprevil was rescued by the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division's Delta Company, which had been assigned to clear rubble in the capital, CNN reported. Duprevil, who suffered from a broken thigh bone, had access to water during his ordeal, CNN said. Ramon Espinoza, AP Members of the U.S. Army's ...
11 Days After Quake, Man Pulled Alive From Rubble
By not in system - AOL NewsPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 24) - A man buried for 11 days in the wreckage of Haiti's devastating earthquake was pulled from the rubble, as officials said they were shifting their focus from rescue to caring for the thousands of survivors living in squalid, makeshift camps. Rescuers reached Wismond Exantus by digging a tunnel into a destroyed fruit and vegetable shop, French officials said, on the same day the U.N. announced that the Haitian government had declared an end to searches for living people trapped under debris. Exantus, who is in his 20s, was placed on a stretcher and given ...
After Writing Goodbyes, US Dad Found Alive in Rubble
By Sphere Staff - AOL News(Jan. 19) -- While he waited to be rescued for 65 hours beneath six floors of rubble from his Port-au-Prince, Haiti, hotel, American filmmaker Dan Woolley began to write goodbye notes to his two young sons. "I was in a big accident. Don't be upset at God. He always provides for his children, even in hard times. I'm still praying that God will get me out, but He may not. But He will always take care of you," Woolley wrote to Josh, 6, and Nathan, 3, in a notebook stained with his blood. In an interview Tuesday on NBC's "Today," Woolley told Meredith Vieira that he used a first-aid app on his ...
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