Woman Maybe Found Alive 17 Days After Bangladesh Building Collapse
In a stunning development out of Bangladesh, worker cleaning up the wreckage of a collapsed garment factory say they've found a woman still alive after more than two weeks trapped under the debris. The building collapsed on April 24, but rescuers long ago gave up any hope of findin more survivors.
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The Associated Press reports that soliders working at the site saw the woman in the rubble and she waved to them. All work at the site, which is being cleared with bulldozers and cranes, has been halted as rescuers work to try and free her from the tangled mess of iron rods and concrete.
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Earlier on Friday, authorities announced that the death toll was now officially over 1,000 people. More than 2,500 people were rescued after the eight-story building collapsed on itself last month, but if there is one final rescue to be made, that would bring at least one small moment of happiness for a community still reeling for the disaster. We'll update this story as more updates become available.
