Australian News Crew Saves Haitian Baby Girl from Under Collapsed Building

Richard Moran, a cameraman with the commercial Nine Network, put down his camera and lifted pieces of concrete out of the way while Nine's interpreter and fixer Deiby Celestino climbed into the tangled mess to retrieve the child.

"And then, out of the ruins came this little girl, and I will never forget it. She did not cry. She looked astonished, almost as if she was seeing the world for the first time," Nine reporter Robert Penfold told The Australian.

The images of the child's rescue were captured by Nine's major rival Seven, and footage beamed around the world showed Seven's correspondent Mike Amor holding the dusty little girl and giving her water.

"That moment, it was beyond news," Amor said. "I haven't seen anything so remarkable since the birth of my own child. The emotion for all of us has been incredible."

Amor said the news crews and the locals who had helped locate the girl were concentrated on rescuing the child rather than news priorities.

"The focus of everybody on that hill was the little girl, and as any of us will tell you, it was Deiby who went into that hole, and dug, and dug, until he got that little girl out. He's the hero," he told The Australian.

-from Yahoo! article

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[DontYouKnowMyName]

I find it disgusting how Mike Amor is taking most of the credit when Richard Moran was the one who put down the camera and started digging.

[WhoaKaela]

Well in the article I posted in the side bar, Richard Moran is the one credited.

[Qawl]

Fuck all of the people who just tries to take the honor xD That's pretty god damn fucked .. I know that they are there to help, but taking other report into consideration, then Richard Moran was the only one to help out in the beginning x)

[WhoaKaela]

I don't think anyone expected to find her so it came as a surprise. Its very good that they all tried to help though, no matter their intentions.

[bobnermal]

When they are running down the streets, the devastation is much worse than what we see on the news!

[WhoaKaela]

Yes, I haven't seen one picture or video of Haiti recently that isn't rubble. It's a miracle that so many have survived, even though so many have died...

[Jaspercat91]

I know very little of the goings-on in Haiti right now, so sorry if I sound rude but did anyone else think the guy claiming to be her uncle seemed to a little shifty? Like, he took forever to say her name and age etc, I really hope they make sure he's who he says he is. If the poor soul has lost her parents then he'll probably get to take her.

[mearle7]

i sorry abound what hanpy to you little girl

she is pretty

[HotMitou]

This is my hometown, and it's all destroyed. For Jaspercat91, I know the guy taking the baby. He is her uncle. I grew up with him.His English is not sharp, and that's probably why it took him a minute to understand the question. But I see how you can be concerned about people taking advantage of this unfortunate situation to steal kids. Thank you all for prayers.God has a plan!

[HotMitou]

This is my home town. Just saw my house.I miss it so much. God has a plan!

[OutOntheLimb]

JasperCat91, you are right. You would think he'd be crying

[PatrioticBlonde]

I would like that but Americans are now attacking Australia over some commercial.

[00taggerung]

Let's all cut this shit about race -_-.. human beings are human beings, and allies are allies.

[PatrioticBlonde]

This is at least Australians doing good things for people of color. Too many people are trying to make Australians out to be "racist" at the moment just because of some commercial they don't understand...