Seventeen days into Bangladesh's worst-ever industrial tragedy, rescuers on Friday made a miraculous rescue when a female worker named Reshmi was pulled alive from the piles of rubble of the collapsed building at Savar on the outskirts of capital Dhaka .
"We left the hope of finding any more survivor since the rescuers on April 29 failed to pull out alive Shahina, who we believed was the last remaining survivor of the collapsed building, " Fire department Operations Director Major Mohammad Mahbub told Xinhua.
"We have not found any more survivor after Shahina," he said.
"Thanks to Allah there was no mistake this time. we pulled out her alive at about 4:00 p.m. (local time) from a corner of a mosque in the basement of the building where she was sitting."
As the rescuers neared, "Reshmi shook a pipe to draw their attention and made small sounds," he said.
"She was rushed to a hospital shortly after being pulled out of the rubble by rescuers with hectic efforts for half an hour."
Rescuers had earlier pulled alive more than 2,437 people after the building crumbled on April 24 morning. The tragedy has so far left more than 1,000 dead.
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