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Amazing Will Power of a Bangaldesi Woman
A female garment worker has been found alive in the ruins of a building in Dhaka that collapsed 16 days ago. The collapse of the Rana Plaza has already claimed more than 1,000 lives.
Ms. Begum had been trapped in a space originally around 30 feet long and 15 feet wide, according to rescue workers, during one of the hottest times of the year, with outside temperatures reaching 95 degrees and 80% humidity.
There have been few instances of people surviving longer than 10 days after disasters like earthquakes, according to academic studies. In 2010, after the Haiti earthquake, a teenage girl was rescued 15 days after the disaster.
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A female garment worker has been found alive in the ruins of a building in Dhaka that collapsed 16 days ago. The collapse of the Rana Plaza has already claimed more than 1,000 lives.
Ms. Begum had been trapped in a space originally around 30 feet long and 15 feet wide, according to rescue workers, during one of the hottest times of the year, with outside temperatures reaching 95 degrees and 80% humidity.
There have been few instances of people surviving longer than 10 days after disasters like earthquakes, according to academic studies. In 2010, after the Haiti earthquake, a teenage girl was rescued 15 days after the disaster.
Read more about this awesome incident Here:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323744604578474493634035804.html?mod=e2fb