![]() They thought she was so near death that they left her in a tent to "let her be," BBC reported. In the case of Kashmir's Bibi, her rescuers blundered in her care. Bottled water and dried food was located in the basement of the Rana Plaza building where she was trapped.īut even upon rescue, the survival of a person after a lengthy time buried under rubble is not guaranteed. ![]() The Bangladeshi seamstress rescued on Friday also had access to food and water. Over the two months, Bibi remained curled in a fetal position, unable to move or stretch out. Rotten food and a trickle of water dripping down the wall became her sustenance. A gap in the debris appears to have allowed fresh air in. In perhaps the most shocking incident of all, a 40-year-old woman was found alive in the wreckage of her kitchen 63 days after an earthquake hit Kashmir in December of 2005.Īs is often the situation when people survive disasters, Naqsha Bibi had food and water within reach. ![]() But there have been more extreme cases in recent years that defy expectations of survival. The discovery of Reshma, a seamstress, in the rubble of a collapsed eight-storey garment factory in Bangladesh 17 days after the building buckled under the weight of illegally added floors is one of those cases. From time to time, a story of miraculous survival emerges out of catastrophe.
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