{"id":25134,"date":"2016-05-06T02:46:43","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T02:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/nairobi-survivors-freed-from-nairobi-rubble-six\/"},"modified":"2016-05-06T02:46:28","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T02:46:28","slug":"nairobi-survivors-freed-from-nairobi-rubble-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/nairobi-survivors-freed-from-nairobi-rubble-six\/","title":{"rendered":"Nairobi survivors freed from Nairobi rubble six days after collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Four people have been rescued from the ruins of a residential building in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, six days after it collapsed in heavy rains.}<\/p>\n

The first person to be pulled from the rubble was a young woman who was eight months pregnant.<\/p>\n

Several hours later, three other people were brought out and taken to hospital.
\nThirty-six people have been confirmed dead following the collapse of the six-storey residence last Friday and more than 70 people are still missing.<\/p>\n

The crowd clapped and cheered as 24-year-old Elizabeth Night Odhiambo was rescued, in scenes broadcast live on Kenyan TV.<\/p>\n

Rescuers had smashed through slabs of concrete to reach her. They managed to provide her with oxygen and an intravenous drip of water and glucose.<\/p>\n

Ms Odhiambo was rushed to hospital and underwent an emergency Caesarean section but doctors said her baby had already died in the womb.<\/p>\n

“I cannot describe the happiness I have,” Mr Odhiambo said. “I have never had such happiness like this in my life.”<\/p>\n

He said he had been able to talk to his with his wife after the surgery and comfort her.<\/p>\n

{{‘A miracle’}}<\/p>\n

After Ms Odhiambo was saved, a middle-aged man was brought out and carried to a waiting ambulance. His eyes were wide open though he looked weak and traumatised, said the BBC’s Anne Soy in Nairobi.<\/p>\n

Then two women on stretchers followed, one of them holding her head.<\/p>\n

The head of Kenya’s National Disaster Management Unit, Pius Masai, said it was a miracle to have found survivors after so long.<\/p>\n

He said that rescue efforts would continue around the clock until they were sure all survivors had been pulled from the rubble.<\/p>\n

About 140 people are estimated to have survived the tragedy.<\/p>\n

Soldiers, firefighters and volunteers have been searching for survivors since the 29 April collapse of the building.<\/p>\n

Trained dogs had been brought in, along with special equipment to detect breathing and movement, military spokesman David Obonyo told AP.<\/p>\n

Getting the survivors clear of the rubble is a delicate process that takes hours of patient work.<\/p>\n

A seven-month-old child was pulled alive from the rubble on Tuesday, but her mother was found dead the following day.<\/p>\n

The building’s presumed owners have been released on bail after being arrested on Monday.<\/p>\n

City authorities said they had earmarked the building for demolition after it was declared unfit for human habitation.<\/p>\n

An official audit of the country’s buildings found that more than half in the capital were not suitable for people to live in.<\/p>\n

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