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Toll in Haiti Collapse Hits 75

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 8, 2008 12:21 PM CST
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(Newser) – The death toll in the Haitian school collapse has risen to 75, the AP reports. The mayor of the Port-au-Prince suburb where it occurred said 17 dead students have been found so far today. Another 80 are being treated for injuries, many of them serious, and hundreds more children could have been in the building. Haiti’s president warned that structures all over the country were at risk of failure because of poor construction.

A map locates Petionville, Haiti, where a high school collapsed.
A map locates Petionville, Haiti, where a high school collapsed.
A man uses a torch to cut through metal during a search for people trapped under the 'La Promesse' school after it collapsed in Petionville, Haiti.
A man uses a torch to cut through metal during a search for people trapped under the 'La Promesse' school after it collapsed in Petionville, Haiti.   (AP Photo)
The site of the collapse.
The site of the collapse.   (AP Photo)
A person caught in the rubble is helped out.
A person caught in the rubble is helped out.   (AP Photo)
Residents search through rubble at the collapsed school.
Residents search through rubble at the collapsed school.   (AP Photo)
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