Quake survivor recovers in hospital – answers
questions
- Which verb is used to describe this survivor’s movement to safety? crawl ‘crawling’
- Where does he emerge? into the light
- Which building has collapsed on top of him? a hotel
- What is significant about his rescue? the Haitian government had just called off the search for survivors when he was found
- How was his rescue described? miraculous
- Where did he find himself after the building collapsed? in a pocket (a small air-filled, safe space)
- Which verb describes how he fell? tumble ‘tumbled’
- Where was he before the collapse? in the hotel shop
- How did this help him? he was able to find food and drink – ‘he survived on snacks and drinks’
- What is the International Aid effort focusing on now? on delivering help to the living
- How are people feeling? desperate
- How are the aid agencies working? ‘flat out’ (unceasingly)