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    Haiti miracle: 28-year-old man survives four weeks after being buried by killer quake
    Venezuela Star
    Tuesday 9th February, 2010  
    (ANI)


    London, Feb. 9 : Nearly a month after being buried by Haiti's killer quake, a 28-year-old man has been pulled alive from the wreckage of a building in Port-au-Prince.

    Evan Muncie's rescue comes more than two weeks after the government called off search-and-rescue efforts.

    Muncie, was found buried in the rubble of a marketplace and may have been trapped since the January 12 quake, according the New Zealand Herald.

    Doctors said he was suffering from extreme dehydration and malnutrition but did not have any major injuries from being crushed.

    Dr Mike Connelly at the University of Miami field hospital said Muncie had been left "emaciated" by his ordeal.

    "He hadn't had anything in quite some time. He had open wounds that were festering on both of his feet," he said.

    Muncie told doctors that someone had brought him water while he was trapped.

    But his doctors said he sounded confused and sometimes seemed to believe he was still under the rubble.

    Dr Connelly said Muncie would not have survived for so long without water, but was not sure how he would have had access to it.

    The Haitian government called off search-and-rescue efforts on January 23, but survivors were still being discovered up until January 27.

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    By mvanm, 02-09-10, 10:22 PM

    Haiti miracle: 28-year-old man survives four weeks after being buried by killer quake

    CNN reported that Evan Muncie told the rescuers that a man in a white coat brought him water. It sounds like an angel sent to save is life.
    By republicanbalck, 02-11-10, 08:21 AM

    Haiti source of Evil?

    With all the resilience coming out of Haiti you would be proud that even though they are poor they are strong in spirit, then just when you think things can’t get any worse an american citizen goes and does
    By PattyO, 02-12-10, 01:57 PM

    Haiti miracle

    It just verifies that one will not leave this earth until God determines his/her time on earth is over. Our lives are always in God’s hands and each person has a guardian angel assigned to him/her at birth. God is wonderful ALL the time. Despite what happens in this world, God’s love for us is AWESOME!

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