Dhaka building collapse: Woman pulled alive from rubble

A woman has been pulled alive from the ruins of an eight-storey building that collapsed in a suburb of Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, 17 days ago.
Rescuers said the woman, named Reshma, was found in the remains of the second floor of the Rana Plaza after they heard her crying: "Please save me."
She has been taken to hospital, but is not thought to have serious injuries.
More than 1,000 are now confirmed to have died, most of them women working in clothes factories.
The authorities said 2,437 people had been rescued, of whom about 1,000 had suffered serious injuries.
Dozens lost limbs as they were cut free from the wreckage.
The accident is one of the deadliest industrial disasters in history.
Crews using heavy machinery have begun removing rubble from the worst-damaged areas, and are expecting to find more bodies.
Brig-Gen Siddiqul Alam said rescuers had found a huge number of bodies under staircases.
"When the building started to collapse, workers thought they would be safe under the staircases. Each time we moved a slab of concrete, we found a stack of bodies," he said

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