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Haitian survives quake after four weeks

Published:Tuesday | February 9, 2010 | 9:13 AM

The family of a Haitian man says he has survived four weeks under rubble since the devastating earthquake that struck on January 12.



Doctors say the 28-year-old man was dehydrated and wasted.



His brother told the BBC that someone had given him water during his 27-day ordeal.



The man is now being treated at a field hospital at the airport.



More than 150,000 people were killed in the earthquake, with 1.5 million left homeless, but it is estimated that less than 140 people were pulled alive from the rubble in Haiti\'s capital.