Incredible quake survival of woman, 69

A 69-year-old woman rescued after spending a week buried under earthquake rubble in Haiti spoke of her incredible escape today as more stories of survival emerged.

Dust-covered Ena Zizi was singing as she was pulled free from the wreckage of the main Roman Catholic Cathedral in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince.

She was at a church meeting at the home of Haiti’s Roman Catholic archbishop when the devastating tremor hit, leaving her trapped.

But following her rescue yesterday by a Mexican disaster team, she said her Roman Catholic beliefs helped her through the ordeal.

“I talked only to my boss – God,” she said. “And I didn’t need any more humans.”

Doctors said she was dehydrated, had a dislocated hip and a broken leg.

“I’m all right, sort of,” she added.

Following her rescue, she was put on a drip and taken to hospital on the back of a truck.

Her son, Maxime Janvier, told broadcaster CNN that he never gave up hope that she would be found.

“We were praying a lot for that to happen,” he said.

Elsewhere, two women were pulled free from a flattened university building.

Yesterday, around midnight, 26-year-old Lozama Hotteline was plucked to safety by French aid group Rescuers Without Borders after being buried under a a collapsed store.

But experts warned the chances of finding more survivors were slim.

Without water, buried quake victims are unlikely to last more than three days, they said.

Official estimates have placed the death toll at 200,000, with 250,000 injured and 1.5 million homeless.

Aid efforts are being hampered by quake damage, fuel shortages and “deteriorating” security on the streets, British aid agency Plan International said.

US military officials sent in 800 extra marines to the country yesterday, swelling troop numbers to as many as 11,000.

The United Nations Security Council also approved 3,500 extra soldiers and police officers to beef up security so that aid trucks could get through.

Troops have been forced to drop water bottles from the air after swarms of desperate people prevented helicopters from landing.