Survivor Found 17 Days After Bangladesh Clothing Factory Collapse

'I Never Dreamed I'd See The Daylight Again': Seamstress Weeps With Relief As She Is Rescued From Rubble SEVENTEEN Days After Bangladesh Clothing Factory Collapsed Killing More Than 1,000 People -- Daily Mail

* The woman had been trapped in the basement of the eight-storey Rana Plaza
* Waved a hand to rescuers before telling them her name was Reshma and she was 'not much hurt'
* She has not suffered any significant injuries and has been given biscuits and water
* Huge cheers from crowd of rescuers as she was taken away to hospital in ambulance
* Dozens of badly decomposed bodies pulled from the rubble have been sent for DNA identification
* Bangladeshi authorities order shut down of 18 factories over further safety fears
* Survivors wages are now being paid by the government after massive street protests

A seamstress wept with relief as she was pulled alive from the rubble of the Bangladesh clothing factory, 17 days after the disaster that has claimed more than 1,000 lives.

Reshma, who emerged almost unscathed, had been trapped in a second floor prayer room and survived by scavenging for dried food in the wreckage around her.

She was discovered after rescuers heard groaning moments before they were due to demolish a concrete slab surrounding the tiny space where she was entombed.

Speaking from her hospital bed in Dhaka, she said: 'It was so bad for me. I never dreamed I'd see the daylight again.' The incredible discovery came as the death toll from the accident, which has become the world's worst industrial accident since the Bhopal disaster in India in 1984, rose above 1,000. There are fears many more bodies are trapped inside.

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My Comment: This is amazing.