Search continues as hope dwindles
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U.S., French and Haitian firefighters used sonar, cameras and dogs in the search for victims at a collapsed Haitian school, but as the stench of death rose from the wreckage they no longer expected to find anyone else alive.
Three days after the concrete building collapsed during a children’s party, killing at least 94 students and adults and injuring 150, Capt. Michael Istvan of Fairfax County, Va., said the chance of finding more survivors was remote.
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