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Incredible Rescue Story! Woman survives six days under rubble in Nairobi

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>A woman trapped in a residential building has been rescued after being trapped for six days under rubble in Nairobi&comma; Thursday&comma;  nearly a week after it collapsed&period; The woman was taken away by ambulance to the cheers of the crowd in Nairobi’s Huruma district&period; At least 36 people were killed when the building crumbled lasty week Friday&comma; following days of heavy rainstorms&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;embed&period;theguardian&period;com&sol;embed&sol;video&sol;world&sol;video&sol;2016&sol;may&sol;05&sol;woman-rescued-after-six-days-under-rubble-in-nairobi-video">https&colon;&sol;&sol;embed&period;theguardian&period;com&sol;embed&sol;video&sol;world&sol;video&sol;2016&sol;may&sol;05&sol;woman-rescued-after-six-days-under-rubble-in-nairobi-video<&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong> Rescued after 6 days under the rubble in Nairobi<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-22031" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;05&sol;chssiu9u4aags2i&period;jpg" alt&equals;"chssiu9u4aags2i" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"338" &sol;><&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Rescuers found more survivorsof Nairobi building collapse<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-22034" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;05&sol;hurumakenyacollapsegirl&period;jpg" alt&equals;"hurumakenyacollapsegirl" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"350" &sol;><span class&equals;"irc&lowbar;su" dir&equals;"ltr"><br &sol;>&NewLine;Rescuers and medical workers caring for a 1-year-old girl rescued after 4 days under rubble&period;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Rescuers found four more survivors Thursday in the rubble of an apartment building that collapsed six days ago amid heavy rains in the Kenyan capital&comma; raising hopes that more people might still be alive in a disaster that left 36 dead and dozens missing&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;One of those rescued was a pregnant woman&comma; although her husband said that amid the joy of finding her alive&comma; doctors also told him that their baby had not survived&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Soldiers&comma; firefighters and volunteers have been working around the clock since the April 29 collapse of the seven-story building in a desperate search&period; On Tuesday a 6-month-old babyl was found relatively unscathed in a wash basin&period; Then on Thursday&comma; they pulled three women and a man from the debris&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><em><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-22033" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;05&sol;image&lowbar;1462462204&lowbar;17750232&period;jpg" alt&equals;"image&lowbar;1462462204&lowbar;17750232" width&equals;"650" height&equals;"366" &sol;><strong>Photo&colon; Reuters<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>A woman is rescued from the rubble of a six-storey building that collapsed in Nairobi&comma; Kenya&comma; May 5&comma; 2016&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>prior to the  military engineers broking through the concrete slabs that had trapped the woman in a corner of the building&comma; medics had given her oxygen and an intravenous drip of water and glucose&comma; according to Kenya&&num;8217&semi;s Disaster Management Unit who said it was rare for anyone to survive more than 72 hours without water in such instances&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to a spokesperson for the Kenya Red Cross&comma; at least 70 people remain missing&comma; the search and rescue mission conrinues around the clock with the hope of finding more  survivors&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Authorities initially used backhoes in the search&comma; with firefighters and volunteers also removing chunks of debris by hand in the frantic rescue effort to rescue the trapped survivors&period; A day later&comma;  military canine units were brought in&comma; along with special equipment to detect breathing and movement&comma; to help with the rescue operation&comma; according to military spokesman Col&period; David Obonyo&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The building collapsed in Nairobi&&num;8217&semi;s low-income Huruma neighborhood with a death toll of  36 with over 130 people injured&period; A neighbor claims the building which collapsed  amid heavy seasonal rains had been constructed rapidly and poorly&comma; and its more than 125 single rooms were snapped up quickly at a rent of &dollar;35 per month&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Kenyan government sources said the building failed local building codes&comma; it was constructed  less than 15 feet from a river&comma; when the code calls for six times that distance&period; The National Construction Authority said it had marked the building as unfit for habitation&comma; but the county government failed to follow up and ensure demolition&period; The building&&num;8217&semi;s two owners were taken into custody but released on &dollar;5&comma;000 bail Wednesday&comma; pending formal charges&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"credit"><&sol;div>&NewLine;

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