EXTRA: Two more survivors found in Haiti

Managua - Nicaraguan aid workers rescued two young students under the rubble of Port-au-Prince University, the head of the team, General Mario Perez-Cassar, told Nicaraguan television Wednesday. General Perez-Cassar, who is also the head of Nicaragua's Civil Defense body, said the two women, aged 19 and 21, were rescued on Tuesday from the basement of a university building that collapsed in last week's devastating quake.

"For us it was a huge satisfaction, because we thought we could no longer find anyone else alive," he said.

The Nicaraguan brigade, a team of 41 people including 16 doctors, has rescued a total of six survivors in Haiti, he noted.

Of the quake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale that shook Haiti Wednesday, General Perez-Cassar said "it was extremely strong and caused reactions of collective hysteria" among thousands of Haitians left homeless by last week's quake.

He said the authorities have asked people to sleep outdoors or in tents, because there may be further aftershocks.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/304911,extra-two-more-survivors-found-in-haiti.html.