Girl, 16, rescued in Haiti

French rescuers in Haiti on Wednesday pulled from rubble a girl who they believe could have been trapped since the January 12 earthquake.

The 16-year-old girl was found in poor condition but was stable and talking, French spokesman Marcel Orcel said. One of her legs may have been broken, rescuers said.

After a 45-minute effort to extract her from the debris, the girl was transported in a helicopter to the French medical ship Sirocco.

Rescuers found the girl after a group of Haitians approached the French embassy in Port-au-Prince and said they could hear a voice in the rubble. The rescuers followed them to the site and made contact with the girl, rescuer Claude Futilla said.

They found the girl dehydrated, weak and with low blood pressure, leading the French crew to believe that she'd been buried since the earthquake struck Haiti 15 days ago, Futilla said. It was believed that she had access to water where she was, in the bathroom of her house.

The girl, whose name was not immediately available, said "thank you" in French as she was taken away from the debris on a stretcher, covered with a heating blanket.


相关中文报道（摘自凤凰网）

据外电报道，一名年仅16岁的海地女孩在震后第15天奇迹获救，创造了迄今为止海地地震被埋时间最长的幸存者纪录。

据报道，一个法国救援小组27日从海地首都太子港的地震废墟下成功营救出一名16岁的海地女孩，这名女孩仍然活着，被救出来时有意识，还能说话，不过身体十分虚弱。女孩对救援人员说“谢谢你们”。

女孩立即接受了治疗。


报道称，该名女孩当地时间1月12日地震发生后即被压在一个混凝土围起来的“袋形”死角当中，直到1月27日被解救出来，已经在废墟下存活了15天，不得不让人感叹奇迹时有发生。

27日美国救援人员从废墟下救出一名被困超过10天的海地男子，不过这名男子不是地震时被压埋的，而是震后由于一栋房屋倒塌，被压在了下面。

加勒比海国家海地当地时间12日发生里氏7.0级强震，据估计造成至少17万人死亡。