BREAKING: Female Bangladeshi Garment Factory Worker Pulled Alive from Rubble After 17 Days

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Source: Associated Press

@AP: BREAKING: Bangladesh rescuers confirm they have freed survivor of building collapse after 17 days -MM

@CBSNews: BREAKING: Female Bangladeshi garment factory worker apparently pulled alive from rubble after 17 days trapped

BANGLADESH WORKERS SEE POSSIBLE SURVIVOR IN RUBBLE

By JULHAS ALAM

— May. 10 6:13 AM EDT

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Rescue workers in Bangladesh said Friday they may have found a female survivor buried amid the wreckage of a garment factory building that collapsed 17 days ago.

Army officials ordered workers to stop clearing the site with bulldozers and cranes as they tried to free a woman they said might still be alive. A soldier at the scene said rescuers found a woman in the debris and she waved her hand in response to them.

Rescuers used a handsaw, welding and drilling equipment to try to cut through iron rod and debris to free her. They asked for a small oxygen cylinder to be brought to the site.

Workers at the site had been clearing the rubble since the collapse April 24. More than 2,500 people were rescued in the immediate aftermath of the disaster. However, no survivors have been found in the wreckage since the days after the collapse.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/bangladesh-factory-collapse-death-toll-hits-1038

[leftynyc]

2. That's amazing

I certainly hope they're right and can free her.

[EvilAL]

3. wow, 17 days

that's incredible.

[treestar]

4. That's miraculous.

How could she do without water all that time? Maybe she happened to have access to some?

[azurnoir]

5. her name is Reshma and I agree it's miraculous, at least there's a happy ending for one family

here's how she survived

Reshma survived, in remarkably good shape, by eating dried food that was in her area and drinking spare amounts of water with her. She was discovered on the second floor of the eight-story Rana Plaza building, where crews have been focused on recovering bodies, not rescuing survivors, for much of the past two weeks.

[treestar]

6. Wow

That is great news for her family. They had reason to have given her up for dead! And great for her, of course - she must be pretty strong.

[dipsydoodle]

7. AP link updated @ May. 10 9:59 AM EDT

She had dry food and water but was down to only water which she had rationed herself on when she was found. She was also able to walk - yes a miracle.

[intheflow]

8. She was in a Muslim prayer room.

Allah saves!!

[LeftInTX]

9. This is a miracle

It is truly a miracle that she was able to survive in the heat with a very limited amount of water.

[Blue_Tires]

10. +1

a very smart and resourceful woman...