tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post113456211445520142..comments2024-03-28T18:28:52.888-05:00Comments on Althouse: Rescued alive after two months under earthquake debris.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1134627292487574082005-12-15T00:14:00.000-06:002005-12-15T00:14:00.000-06:00Related post:Never, Never Give Up: Woman Found Ali...Related post:<BR/><BR/><B>Never, Never Give Up: Woman Found Alive 63 Days After Earthquake</B><BR/>http://ginacobb.typepad.com/gina_cobb/2005/12/never_never_giv.htmlGina Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01596199105365409530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1134574669461582092005-12-14T09:37:00.000-06:002005-12-14T09:37:00.000-06:00Poor lady. When she regains her senses, I wonder ...Poor lady. When she regains her senses, I wonder if she will find all her worldly goods have mysteriously disappeared, her roof being the last thing to wander off.<BR/><BR/>Is anyone else's eyesight being sorely tested trying to decipher the code word letters?erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826044412670324694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1134573203193120272005-12-14T09:13:00.000-06:002005-12-14T09:13:00.000-06:00When I was reading survivor literature about the H...<I>When I was reading survivor literature about the Holocaust and the Gulags often I wondered how they could endure and if I would have been able to survive.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/~webwinds/frankl/frankl.htm" REL="nofollow">Viktor Frankl.</A>reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1134571698457819582005-12-14T08:48:00.000-06:002005-12-14T08:48:00.000-06:00When I was reading survivor literature about the H...When I was reading survivor literature about the Holocaust and the Gulags often I wondered how they could endure and if I would have been able to survive.<BR/><BR/>Her spirit recognized no 'norms'.<BR/><BR/>I just wonder how many others may be lingering....bearbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04770545814913465196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1134569221008783592005-12-14T08:07:00.000-06:002005-12-14T08:07:00.000-06:00Reading this story, I can't help speculating that ...Reading this story, I can't help speculating that they deliberately avoided moving the metal roof until they were sure she was dead, then they went to take the metal they wanted to use, and then when they saw she was alive, deliberately put her aside to die and planned to say she was dead when they pulled her out. "New norms," indeed. And, yeah, I tend to think they avoided digging her out because she was female.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1134568435879703192005-12-14T07:53:00.000-06:002005-12-14T07:53:00.000-06:00Given the culture, you wonder if the same thing wo...Given the culture, you wonder if the same thing would have happened if the person buried had been male. I mean the callousness of not even calling a doctor when the person is found to be alive...the mind boggles...<BR/><BR/>And not even checking next door? Okay, there must be some sort of time span where immediate needs are attended to, but 2-months later? Damnit, they should have at least searched for her body to butry it properly, so rats and scavengers don't get it.Tristramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14041556021584315187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1134566437424256532005-12-14T07:20:00.000-06:002005-12-14T07:20:00.000-06:00Three possibilities.First, somewhere deep in the r...Three possibilities.<BR/><BR/>First, somewhere deep in the recesses of some people's DNA(but probably not all people)is a hibernation like mechanism left over from some squirrel like ancestor that allow them to survive in a coma like state for extended periods of time under very specific conditions.<BR/><BR/>Second, it's a hoax being pushed by some religious fanatics or mountebanks who hope to push this miracle woman as a sign from god or tourist attraction.<BR/><BR/>Third, an honest to god/allah miracle. They still happen. Some people's will to live transcend crudely rational concepts of the possible.XWLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13646729965929680256noreply@blogger.com