HAITI / UN STAFF RESCUE

International rescue workers find UN staff member Jens Kristensen from Denmark alive after being buried in the rubble at the mission's headquarters. MINUSTAH

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:28
• Production Date: 17 January 2010
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; DISASTER RELIEF; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• Geographic Subject: UNITED NATIONS STABILIZATION MISSION IN HAITI - MINUSTAH
• MAMS Id: U100117b

Description

STORY: HAITI / UN STAFF RESCUE
TRT: 2:28
SOURCE: MINUSTAH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 17 JANUARY 2010, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI

Shotlist

1. Med shot, UN search and rescue teams pull survivor Jens Kristensen from the rubble of the collapsed UN compound
2. Wide shot, rescue workers form a line to receive Kristensen, clapping
3. Med shot, Doctors check Kristensen on the stretcher
4. Med shot, Kristensen's eyes being checked
5. Med shot, Kristensen on the stretcher
6. Med shot, rescue workers carry the stretcher to the makeshift UN clinic
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jens Kristensen, Civilian UN Peacekeeper and Survivor:
"There are two more people stuck in there... (Rescue worker: alive?) ... Yes... (Rescue worker: Did you speak to them?) ..no but I heard a banging.... (Rescue worker: how long ago did you last hear them?) ... last time was 36 to 48 hours ago... (Rescue worker: 36 to 48 hours was the last time you heard, what was it, was it tapping or voice?) ... it was tapping. ... (Rescue worker: in relation to where you were, do you know what direction?) ... that way (pointing) ... (Rescue worker: OK, so to your right).”"
8. Med shot, Kristensen inside the curtained clinic
9. Med shot, feet under the curtains
10. Med shot, taking Kristensen in a blanket to the ambulance
11. Med shot, Kristensen being loaded into the ambulance
12. Med shot, rescue worker with search dog
13. Wide shot, rescue worker climbing over rubble with the UN flag flying

Storyline

International rescue workers found United Nations (UN) staff member Jens Kristensen from Denmark alive today after being buried in the rubble at the mission’s headquarters at Christopher Hotel in Haiti.

Kristensen, who works for the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), was found shortly after UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the site. Four other people were rescued earlier in the day.

Kristensen told a rescue worker that he believes that two more people are stuck close to where he was found. He added that he heard them banging about 36 to 48 hours ago.

Five days after the earthquake hit Haiti, rescue workers are still finding people trapped under the rubble. The UN Disaster Assistance and Coordination team’s Onsite Operations Coordination Center (OSOCC) reported that favorable climate conditions and certain structural qualities have enhanced the survival chances of individuals trapped in collapsed buildings.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that there are 27 Urban Search and Rescue teams are deployed across priority locations with approximately 1,500 rescue workers and 115 dogs. They have made 58 live rescues so far.

As of today, 50,000 people have died and 13,000 bodies have been accounted for.