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January 19, 2010

18-Month-Old Girl Rescued from Collapsed Building
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Stories continue to emerge from Haiti of people surviving after being
trapped for days. On Friday, an Australian TV crew helped rescuers save
an eighteen-month-old girl named Winnie. The crew and rescuers moved the
rubble piece by piece to get to Winnie, who was stuck in a collapsed
house. Winnie was found after neighbors heard a baby screaming under the
rubble. Once rescued, she was handed to her uncle, Franz, who said her
parents had died in the earthquake. Deiby Celestino played a major role
in Winnie’s rescue.

Deiby Celestino: “She is the hero, because she fought for three days,
like I said. I mean, she’s still alive, and the man up there—it was a
great experience. The man up there is the one that actually saved her,
not me.”



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