A woman has been pulled alive from the ruins of a building that
collapsed in a suburb of Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, 17 days ago.
The head of the fire service earlier said the woman, named Reshma, had
been found in the remains of the second floor of the eight-storey Rana
Plaza.
She had no serious injuries and had been talking with rescuers.
The dramatic news came after the army said more than 1,000 people were
now known to have died in the disaster.The death toll is expected to
keep climbing, as work crews using heavy machinery have begun removing
rubble from the worst-damaged areas.
On Friday afternoon, as
soldiers cleared a floor, they heard sounds below, correspondents
say.Officers immediately ordered workers to stop clearing the
site.Detection equipment was sent in and they saw a woman waving her
hand. She shouted "I'm still here" and said her name was Reshma.
Within minutes, hundreds of soldiers and firefighters rushed to the
scene to help clear the rubble, says the BBC Bengali service's Akbar
Hossain.
Cutting and drilling equipment was brought in to get
through iron rods and debris. Not long afterwards, she was pulled from
the rubble and the crowd erupted in cheers, our correspondent says.
The woman was taken to an ambulance and then rushed to a nearby military hospital.
Rescuers said it was possible that the woman survived because of the
large quantities of oxygen and water that were pumped into the ruins in
the early stages of the rescue effort. (BBC)
A woman has been pulled alive from the ruins of a building that
collapsed in a suburb of Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, 17 days ago.
The head of the fire service earlier said the woman, named Reshma, had been found in the remains of the second floor of the eight-storey Rana Plaza.
She had no serious injuries and had been talking with rescuers.
The dramatic news came after the army said more than 1,000 people were now known to have died in the disaster.The death toll is expected to keep climbing, as work crews using heavy machinery have begun removing rubble from the worst-damaged areas.
On Friday afternoon, as soldiers cleared a floor, they heard sounds below, correspondents say.Officers immediately ordered workers to stop clearing the site.Detection equipment was sent in and they saw a woman waving her hand. She shouted "I'm still here" and said her name was Reshma.
Within minutes, hundreds of soldiers and firefighters rushed to the scene to help clear the rubble, says the BBC Bengali service's Akbar Hossain.
Cutting and drilling equipment was brought in to get through iron rods and debris. Not long afterwards, she was pulled from the rubble and the crowd erupted in cheers, our correspondent says.
The woman was taken to an ambulance and then rushed to a nearby military hospital.
Rescuers said it was possible that the woman survived because of the large quantities of oxygen and water that were pumped into the ruins in the early stages of the rescue effort. (BBC)
The head of the fire service earlier said the woman, named Reshma, had been found in the remains of the second floor of the eight-storey Rana Plaza.
She had no serious injuries and had been talking with rescuers.
The dramatic news came after the army said more than 1,000 people were now known to have died in the disaster.The death toll is expected to keep climbing, as work crews using heavy machinery have begun removing rubble from the worst-damaged areas.
On Friday afternoon, as soldiers cleared a floor, they heard sounds below, correspondents say.Officers immediately ordered workers to stop clearing the site.Detection equipment was sent in and they saw a woman waving her hand. She shouted "I'm still here" and said her name was Reshma.
Within minutes, hundreds of soldiers and firefighters rushed to the scene to help clear the rubble, says the BBC Bengali service's Akbar Hossain.
Cutting and drilling equipment was brought in to get through iron rods and debris. Not long afterwards, she was pulled from the rubble and the crowd erupted in cheers, our correspondent says.
The woman was taken to an ambulance and then rushed to a nearby military hospital.
Rescuers said it was possible that the woman survived because of the large quantities of oxygen and water that were pumped into the ruins in the early stages of the rescue effort. (BBC)
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