Updated 01/20/2010 05:56 PM
NY1 In Haiti: Rescue Crews Work To Dig Survivor Out Of The Rubble
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Crews near the Cathedral of Port-au-Prince spent hours Tuesday working to dig out a survivor of last week’s deadly earthquake.
German and Mexican crews were joined by a firefighter from Miami and some paramedics from New York to help extract a 69-year-old woman caught in the rubble behind the Cathedral of Port-au-Prince, the largest Catholic church in Haiti.
The rescue effort took place in a side building of the cathedral, about two or three stories above the ground.
The woman, seen right, was alive and singing as crews dug her out and provided her with water. She had a badly injured leg but no other apparent injuries.
The rescued woman has one son in Haiti and one son who lives in Rosedale, Queens.
Residents say a choir was practicing inside the Cathedral of Port-au-Prince when the magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit.
Many bodies are still lying in the street near the cathedral; others can be found piled up inside.
Rescue crews are using heat-seeking cameras and dogs to find possible survivors and bodies.
Security forces tell NY1 that some escaped convicts in Port-au-Prince have acquired guns and pose as threats.
Crews with heavy equipment have also started to clear debris from the streets of the ruined capital.