UN staff rescued after five days beneath rubble

United Nations staff member Jens Kristensen from Denmark, who was finally rescued on Sunday, says a belief that he would be found helped him to survive. He was found shortly after UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the site. Four other people were rescued earlier in the day.

International rescue workers pulled him out of the ruins of the UN mission's headquarters at the Christopher Hotel five days after a massive earthquake. When the quake struck, Kristensen was in his 3rd floor office.

He considered trying to run out of the building, but instead jumped under a desk. A bookcase fell against a filing cabinet in such a way that he had enough space in the rubble to stretch his arms and legs.

Jens Kristensen, Civilian UN Peacekeeper, said, "Haiti needs so much assistance right now that I want to use my capacity and my experience to work and assist with the emergency and the humanitarian assistance and the emergency relief."