US Troops Pull Man, Buried 2 Weeks, From Rubble

35-year-old appears to have no serious injuries
By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 26, 2010 6:56 PM CST
US Troops Pull Man, Buried 2 Weeks, From Rubble
US troops pulled this 35-year-old man from rubble in Port-au-Prince, two weeks after Haiti's devastating earthquake.   (Getty Images)

US troops pulled a 35-year-old Haitian man alive from the rubble of a building in downtown Port-au-Prince today. Ricot Duprevil, who was dressed only in underpants, appeared to have no serious injuries despite being buried for the two weeks since the 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean nation, Reuters reports.
(More Haiti earthquake stories.)

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