Photos: Haitians & Helpers Search Among the Rubble (warning, images may upset)

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – earlier today: A child sits in his father’s arms as they camp at a makeshift site after their home was destroyed by the massive earthquake. Planeloads of rescuers and relief supplies headed to Haiti as governments and aid agencies launched a massive relief operation after a powerful earthquake that may have killed thousands. Many buildings were reduced to rubble by the 7.3-strong quake on January 12. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

[tweetmeme] These photos were taken earlier today in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Please be warned: some images are graphic and may disturb.

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A man requests help to remove bodies from under the rubbles.

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People look on as rescue workers try to reach children begging for help from under the rubble of what is left of the St Gerard building.

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A man tries to quiet a crowd down so they can listen to the children begging for help from under the rubble of what is left of the St Gerard building.


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A women lies on her hospital bed as she waits for care at the main hospital after being injured during the massive earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Haitians dig out rubble by hand at the site of a collapsed school where dozens of students are feared buried.

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Haitians walk on the fringe of a displaced persons camp days after the earthquake.

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Haitians look at the rubble of the once-ornate National Palace that collapsed during the earthquake.

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A Haitian man turns away from the sight of hundreds of bodies piled up outside the morgue and main hospital in Port-au-Prince.

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Hands from bodies pile up outside the morgue and main hospital.

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Local water company ‘Fraicheu Local’ distributes free water

Rubble of the once-ornate National Palace that collapsed.


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Members of FAIRFAX COUNTY Urban Search and Rescue search a collapsed section of the Hotel Montana on January 14, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti during a search for survivors. Eight people, including 7 Americans, have been rescued from the rubble of the hotel. UPI/Joshua Lee Kelsey/U.S. Navy.

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Members of Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue scale a collapsed section of the Hotel Montana.

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Members of Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue search a collapsed section of the Hotel Montana

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Richard Santos, from Washington DC, is carried from the rubble of the Hotel Montana by members of Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue on January 14, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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BELGIAN emergency workers stand as they labor to free Rosemene Josiane, 28, who had been trapped in the rubble of her house for days after the earthquake.

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A group of B-FAST (Belgian First Aid and Support Team) members worked most of the day to free the woman, who had her legs pinned under concrete; in the end, the emergency workers had to anesthetize her and amputate one leg to free her. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images).

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Neighbors cry out prayers of thanks after Belgian emergency workers save Rosemene Josiane, 28, who has been trapped in the rubble of her house for days since the earthquake.

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People, earlier today, carry a coffin of a relative killed by the massive earthquake.

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Search and Rescue workers from MEXICO carry their dog as they searches for survivors trapped under the rubble of what is left of a building after the massive earthquake.

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A MEXICAN rescue team with search dogs attempts to save suvivors under a seven story building.

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People who lost their homes when the massive earthquake struck take up shelter under makeshift tents in the parks in front of the Presidential Palace.

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A women waits for care at the main hospital after being injured during the massive earthquake.

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A woman requests assistance as local water companies distribute free water as relief efforts continue.

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Earlier today, rescue workers educate and coordinate with the population relief efforts days after the earthquake.

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Search and rescue team members from the Dominican Republic nap after working the night shift near the Port au Prince airport