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Death toll climbs to 75 in Haitian school collapse

Sat Nov 8, 2008 7:12pm IST

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By Joseph Guyler Delva

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The death toll rose to at least 75 on Saturday in
the collapse of a ramshackle church school in Haiti when rescue workers
uncovered a room with 17 dead, many of them children, officials said.

Rescuers worked through the night under giant generator- powered lights in a
shanty town on the outskirts of the Haitian capital to search for survivors in
the rubble of the three-story La Promesse school, which caved in on Friday while
class was in session.

Debris crushed neighboring residences in the Nerettes community near
Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital.

President Rene Preval, who was at the scene early on Saturday, said searchers
dropped water and biscuits through holes in the rubble to a group of children
and focused their efforts on reaching them.

"Last night we were sure there were still seven children alive. We got one of
them but we have lost all signs of the other six being alive," Preval said.
"Some say they might be sleeping. Others believe they have died."

As Preval was speaking, rescue worker Yves Torchon broke more bad
news.

"Mr. President, they just discovered a room where there are at least 17
people dead," Torchon said. He warned that the toll was likely to go
higher.

At least 124 people were injured. Officials said there were 700 children
enrolled at the school but it was unknown how many were in the building when it
collapsed.  Continued...

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