div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited {color:#06c;} Rescue workers in Haiti dug with their bare hands yesterday in frantic effortsto save scores of children trapped beneath the rubble of a church schoolthat collapsed on Friday.
The bodies of at least 75 people – mostly pupils – were pulled from thewreckage of La Promesse school in a shanty-town on the outskirts ofPort-au-Prince, the capital. A further 124 were injured. However, the death toll was expected to rise sharply. Up to 700 pupils andteachers were believed to have been in their classrooms or the playgroundwhen the ramshackle three-storey building gave way.
Full Story: At least 75 killed as Haiti church school collapses - Times Online
The bodies of at least 75 people – mostly pupils – were pulled from thewreckage of La Promesse school in a shanty-town on the outskirts ofPort-au-Prince, the capital. A further 124 were injured. However, the death toll was expected to rise sharply. Up to 700 pupils andteachers were believed to have been in their classrooms or the playgroundwhen the ramshackle three-storey building gave way.
Full Story: At least 75 killed as Haiti church school collapses - Times Online
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