A man pulled alive yesterday from the rubble of a Port-au-Prince marketplace may have been trapped there since the earthquake struck Haiti 28 days ago.
The family of Evan Muncie reportedly told doctors at a Port-au-Prince hospital yesterday that the 28-year-old had been trapped in the wreckage of a market since the quake.
“He was emaciated. He hadn’t had anything in quite some time. He had open wounds that were festering on both of his feet,” Dr Mike Connelly said.
Connelly said the people who brought Muncie to hospital had found him while digging out the marketplace.
Muncie reportedly told medical staff someone had been bringing him water while he was trapped, although doctors said he appeared to be confused. Connelly said Muncie would have needed water to survive, although the doctor was unsure how he would have accessed it.
“Initially, I’m sure he had his senses with him, so maybe he was able to find some kind of resources,” Connelly said.
Connelly could not explain to CNN how the man had managed to survive without food or water for so long.
The man’s family told BBC News that somebody had brought him water to drink during his 27-day ordeal.
Dr Dushyantha Jayaweera, from the University of Miami field hospital, told Reuters TV that his survival in the rubble would be “unusual but not impossible”.
“He was quite dehydrated and he was wasted, so there are certain things that suggest that it’s true.”
