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Youth underneath rubbles rescued after 36 hours in Pakistan
www.chinaview.cn 2005-10-10 20:38:47

    ISLAMABAD, Oct. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- A young man was rescued alive onSunday evening from underneath the rubbles of a ten-storey building 36 hours after a strong earthquake tore down the tower of over ten storeies on Saturday morning.

    As Ubaid, 20, was brought out unscathed from the mountain of rubbles by the rescue team, friends and relatives of people trapped under the debris of Margalla Towers in Islamabad suddenly had something to cheer about, according to local press reports. Their already waning hopes of retrieval of their relatives still lying buried in rubbles.

    There was outburst of joy coupled with several rounds of loud applause by hundreds of people present at the site

    Earlier, a boy of 15 was also retrieved from under the debris after 27 hours of the incident. Enditem

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