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Photos: Rescue And Heartbreak In Port-Au-Prince
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— Sarla Chand, 65, from New Jersey, is in good condition after being rescued from the collapsed Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince on Thursday.
Sarla Chand, 65, from New Jersey, is in good condition after being rescued from the collapsed Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince on Thursday.
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— Chand, who had been trapped since Tuesday, was in good physical shape after her rescue. She thanked her rescuers while undergoing a medical exam.
Chand, who had been trapped since Tuesday, was in good physical shape after her rescue. She thanked her rescuers while undergoing a medical exam.
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— Mexican rescue workers carry their cadaver dog off the roof of the St. Gerard school outside Port-au-Prince.
Mexican rescue workers carry their cadaver dog off the roof of the St. Gerard school outside Port-au-Prince.
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— A hillside neighborhood is seen totally destroyed near downtown Port-au-Prince.
A hillside neighborhood is seen totally destroyed near downtown Port-au-Prince.
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— Haitian men dig for a relative in a collapsed house outside of the capital.
Haitian men dig for a relative in a collapsed house outside of the capital.
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— Men run with a casket after locating a family member's body among the hundreds strewn in the streets outside the National Hospital in Port-au-Prince.
Men run with a casket after locating a family member's body among the hundreds strewn in the streets outside the National Hospital in Port-au-Prince.
Photos by David Gilkey / NPR
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— A man tries to cover his wife with any bit of shade he can find while awaiting help outside the National Hospital in Port-au-Prince.
A man tries to cover his wife with any bit of shade he can find while awaiting help outside the National Hospital in Port-au-Prince.
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— Mexican rescue workers try to extract the bodies of victims crushed during the collapse of the St. Gerard school outside of Port-au-Prince.
Mexican rescue workers try to extract the bodies of victims crushed during the collapse of the St. Gerard school outside of Port-au-Prince.
Photos by David Gilkey / NPR
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— Haitian men carry the body of a child to a dump truck near downtown Port-au-Prince on Thursday.
Haitian men carry the body of a child to a dump truck near downtown Port-au-Prince on Thursday.
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— Haitian men cover their faces from the stench of decay as bodies are removed from the streets of Port-au-Prince.
Haitian men cover their faces from the stench of decay as bodies are removed from the streets of Port-au-Prince.
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— A front end loader is used to speed the removal of the bodies.
A front end loader is used to speed the removal of the bodies.
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— A man stands with his child on his shoulders outside a collapsed building. In what has long been the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation, shock was giving way to despair.
A man stands with his child on his shoulders outside a collapsed building. In what has long been the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation, shock was giving way to despair.
Photos by David Gilkey / NPR
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— Men ride on the back of a truck leaving Port-au-Prince. U.N. officials warned that Haitians are becoming increasingly fed up with the pace of aid.
Men ride on the back of a truck leaving Port-au-Prince. U.N. officials warned that Haitians are becoming increasingly fed up with the pace of aid.
Photos by David Gilkey / NPR
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— Aid supplies remain scarce and bodies still litter the streets.
Aid supplies remain scarce and bodies still litter the streets.
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— Workers are trying to deal with the thousands of bodies piling up at the central morgue at the National Hospital in Port-au-Prince.
Workers are trying to deal with the thousands of bodies piling up at the central morgue at the National Hospital in Port-au-Prince.
Photos by David Gilkey / NPR
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— As of Thursday, as many as 50,000 people had died in the earthquake, according to an estimate from the Haitian Red Cross. A morgue worker stands amid the devastation.
As of Thursday, as many as 50,000 people had died in the earthquake, according to an estimate from the Haitian Red Cross. A morgue worker stands amid the devastation.
Photos by David Gilkey / NPR