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Haiti's Ground Zero: 30,000 dead and almost every building flattened in town at epicentre of earthquake

By Mail Foreign Service Mail

CELEB amputee Heather Mills is doing her bit for Haiti by sending thousands of artificial limbs to the disaster hit country. Sun

Haiti earthquake rescue declared over

Haiti's government halts search and rescue operations as the United Nations says that the hope of finding more people alive is dwindling rapidly after last week's devastating earthquake.

Authorities have estimated that up to 200,000 people were killed when the quake destroyed homes and buildings. Over 75,000 people have already been buried in mass graves.

Channel 4

Haiti survivor saved by a Scot and a bottle of whisky

A remarkable rescue deep beneath the rubble, when hope of finding anyone else alive had been all but abandoned

On Tuesday 12 January, Wismond Exantus was at work in the ground-floor shop of the four-storey Napoli Inn in Port-au-Prince. At 4.53pm, when the magnitude 7.0 quake hit, the 24-year-old cashier had the presence of mind to squirrel himself under a desk as the building tumbled down around him.

By Saturday, 11 days later and hours after the government declared search and rescue operations to be officially over, he was pulled alive from the ­rubble. The story of Exantus – the last known survivor to emerge from Haiti's shattered ruins – is a remarkable tale of crisps, beer, whisky, Twitter, a riot and a diminutive Scottish woman rescuer.

Guardian

Cheryl Cole joins Susan Boyle and Mariah Carey to record single for victims of Haiti

By Sara Nathan Mail

Celebrities accessorise for Haiti Guardian