Woman spends 17 days in rubble

A seamstress buried in the wreckage of a collapsed garment factory building for 17 days was rescued today, a miraculous moment set against a scene of horror, where the death toll shot past 1,000.

Reshma survived, in remarkably good shape, by eating dried food that was in her area and drinking spare amounts of water with her. She was discovered on the second floor of the eight-storey Rana Plaza building, where crews have been focused on recovering bodies, for much of the past two weeks.