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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Haiti Ends Search For Earthquake Survivors


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haiti's government has declared the search and rescue phase for survivors of the earthquake over, the United Nations said Saturday, with little hope of finding more people alive 10 days after much of the capital was reduced to rubble.

The statement from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs comes the day after an Israeli team reported pulling a man out of the debris of a two-story home and relatives said an elderly woman had been rescued.

Spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said she was unable to comment on the rescue reports. But she said the government's Friday afternoon decision didn't mean rescue teams still searching for survivors would be stopped from carrying out whatever work they felt necessary.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Help america , not haiti.

Anonymous said...

Send Hollywood over their and they can rebuild it into whatever they want and stay !