Race to help Haiti quake victims

Al Jazeera, Jan 14, 2010

Many Haitians are living on the streets fearing that aftershocks will destroy more buildings [AFP] Aid agencies are racing to get help to Haiti where thousands of people are feared to be trapped under rubble following a devastating earthquake which is believed to have left tens of thousands dead. The United Nations has mobilised 37 search and rescue teams from a global network to the devastated capital Port-au-Prince. Elisabeth Byrs, a spokeswoman for the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said search and rescue teams were “working against the clock” to save lives. But more than 24 hours after the 7.0 magnitude quake struck, there was little help in sight on the streets of the capital where numerous bodies lay amid collapsed buildings and the cries of people buried beneath rubble continued to ring out. Continues >>

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