A 7-year-old boy in Haiti was reluctant to emerge from the rubble in which he had been trapped for more than a week. Finally coaxed out by rescuers and a relative, the child flashed a smile that could melt even the hardest heart.
Miraculously, the 70-year-old Zizi survived seven days trapped under the rubble before she was rescued by international search crews this week. A person can, give or take, expect to survive 72 hours trapped without water or food. Zizi managed to hold on for twice as long, something that experts say speaks to the body's resilience in times of danger. It is possible for a healthy person to survive more than 10 days in some cases, experts say.
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