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Haitian man pulled out alive 11 days after quake
A man is taken to an ambulance after being rescued from the wreckage of the Hotel Napoli Inn and supermarket in downtown Rue du Centre, in Port-au-Prince January 23, 2010. International rescuers on Saturday pulled a 24-year-old Haitian man alive from the rubble of a collapsed hotel and supermarket, 11 days after the earthquake struck the city, witnesses said. Photo/REUTERS
Posted Sunday, January 24 2010 at 17:13
In Summary
- The rescue operation lasted four hours at a hotel that had been wrecked by temblor
The chaos alarmed aid workers from Plan International, who stopped the food delivery until the crowd could be brought under control with the help of several warning shots from the guards.
Single bags, stamped with the U.S. flag, were handed to every four adults in line to divide among themselves later. The aid group estimated as many as 15,000 people were in line.
The World Food Programme was forced to curtail some distribution activities following attacks on two of its relief convoys on Friday, said Thiry Benoit, the UN agency’s deputy country director for Haiti. (Reuters)
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