The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12th, left many survivors deep under the rubble of buildings and houses.
One such survivor has now been found, 4 weeks after the earthquake hit Haiti! 28 year old Evans Monsigrace, a rice vendor, had just finished selling rice when the earthquake took place. He was rescued on Monday by some people digging under the rubble of the Croix Bossal market in Port-au-Prince. He was first taken to a Salvation Army medical center. He was then moved to the University of Miami hospital because of his critical condition. Evans suffered from extreme dehydration and malnutrition, but did not appear to have significant crushing injuries, the doctors said. He reported receiving water form a man in a white coat. But doctors cannot confirm this and say that he was probably suffering form hallucination. Scientists say that survival beyond 10 days, for someone who is trapped, requires an unusual combination of circumstances, including an uninjured, healthy victim and access to water and air. If Evans' claims are ture, it would make him the longest survivor so far in the Haiti earthquake.Haiti is part of the island of Hispaniola, that it shares with Dominican Republic. It is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. More than 150,000 people were killed and 1.5 million left homeless in the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12th. Since then, aid from numerous countries and International aid agencies has arrived, and many survivors have been rescued.
For more information regarding Evans visit http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/08/haiti.rescue/index.html
For donating to Haiti victims visit http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6987704.ece
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