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The Rescue of Ena Zizi

Despite the odds, people are still being rescued from the rubble in Haiti. Yesterday 69-year-old Ena Zizi was extracted from the collapsed National Cathedral in Port-au-Prince. She told the AP: “I talked only to my boss,  God. And I didn’t need any more humans.”

Javier Vázquez, who first reached Zizi, recalls, “I felt her grab my hand and squeeze. I felt as if God were squeezing my hand.” Vázquez is a member of Mexico’s Rescue Brigade, which formed after a powerful earthquake killed more than 10,000 in Mexico City in 1985. Some 52 search and rescue teams from around the world have rescued at least 90 people in Haiti.

 

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Sean Goforth

Sean H. Goforth is a graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. His research focuses on Latin American political economy and international trade. Sean is the author of Axis of Unity: Venezuela, Iran & the Threat to America.