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Israel Crews Rescue University Student from Haiti Rubble


(Ha'aretz) An Israeli team on Monday rescued a woman who has been trapped for six days under the wreckage of Port-au-Prince's university in Haiti, Channel 10 reported. The international teams asked the Israeli team for aid with pulling out a female student trapped in the wreckage. The Israeli team used special equipment to begin lifting parts of the rubble and carefully but quickly managed to create an opening, preventing the whole structure from collapsing. The team was able to see the woman through the opening and successfully rescue her. She was transferred to the IDF field hospital for further treatment.
2010-01-19 08:55:27
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