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Newborn Rescued in Haiti Spent Half Her Life Without Food
Happy stories from Haiti have been few and far between this week, but a newborn rescued from under the rubble seems have survived half of her life without food or water.
And yet Elisabeth Joassaint was feeding at her mother’s breast after rescuers reunited the two like nothing had ever happened.
The Wall Street Journal reports Joassaint tried to run upstairs to her baby when she felt the tremor in the earth, but the walls crumbled too quickly. Elisabeth was eight days old at the time.
She remained there for another seven, until rescue workers sifting through rubble found her in the same bed where her mother had laid her down after a feed, completely unhurt.
Consider this our hump day happy.
Image: UN Development Programme via Flickr
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[...] don’t begrudge the adults, but when you read stories of newborns rescued after living with no food or water for an entire week, we simply go weak at [...]
Kids in Distressed Situations - a Way to Help Haiti’s Kids | Strollerderby commented on Jan 22 10 at 10:31 am[...] Newborn Rescued in Haiti Spent Half Her Life Without Food [...]
Best of Strollerderby January 24, 2010 | Strollerderby commented on Jan 24 10 at 9:53 am[...] Newborn Rescued in Haiti Spent Half Her Life Without Food [...]
Best of Strollerderby January 24, 2010 | Famecrawler commented on Jan 24 10 at 12:00 pm[...] were particularly hard hit by the earthquake that struck, so Obama is likely to also visit with sick and injured children still struggling after the quake. Her visit is a good reminder to Americans that the recovery effort in Haiti will be a long and [...]
Michelle Obama Makes Surprise Visit to Haiti | Strollerderby commented on Apr 13 10 at 2:00 pmMistress_Scorpio commented on Jan 20 10 at 2:47 pmThank all that’s good and holy. That is truly amazing.
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