Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010
Under the Haitian Rubble
With each day that passed following Haiti's devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake, the odds of uncovering anyone alive underneath the rubble plummeted. When survivors were found on days five, seven and 11, the world called it incredible. But when Darlene Etienne emerged after 15 days there was only one word to describe her perseverance: miraculous. She was extremely dehydrated and had a broken leg, but the 17-year-old survivor was otherwise healthy as French rescue workers pulled her out of a house's rubble near St. Gerard University.