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HAITI: Man Pulled From Debris Two Weeks After Quake

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PHOTO: THE SURVIVOR, RICOT DUPREVIL AFTER HIS RESCUE. IMAGE: AFP/GETTY.

San Francisco Jan 26, (THEWILL) -- Ricot Duprevil, 31, was pulled from debris in Port Au Prince on Tuesday, two weeks after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake destroyed the city according to the United States Department of State.

The survivor who is in stable condition has been transported to a medical facility where he being treated for a broken femur (leg). Miraculously, He has no other major injury. Officials told CNN that Duprevil had access to water while he was trapped.

He was discovered by the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division's Delta Company during one of its debris evacuation assignments in the city.

Most of the capital city was leveled after the earthquake, which had multiple aftershocks measuring an average 5.0 magnitude.

 

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