Prospects of Finding Malaysia Survivors Fade
Even as international rescuers brought in tracker dogs and sensors able to detect human heartbeats, prospects dwindled Monday for finding survivors in the ruins of a collapsed apartment building.
About 50 people were trapped when a landslide felled the 12-story building Saturday.
Hopes surged briefly Monday when a note with the scrawled words, “I am still alive,” was attached to a line lowered into the debris, the Bernama News Agency said.
Police Inspector General Hanif Omar said tracker dogs brought by a French team pinpointed a spot where the line was lowered. But no further contact was made and no voice could be heard from the spot.
The official death toll is one, with two injured.
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