"Miracle" in Kenya: Baby Girl Survived 3 Days without Food and Water in the Rubble of a Building

Mark Aserit : May 5, 2016
Gospel Herald

Ralson Wasike thanked God for protecting his only daughter.

(Huruma, Kenya)—[Gospel Herald] Rescuers were surprised to find a baby girl that survived three days without food and water under the rubble of a collapsed residential building in the Kenyan capital. (Photo via Gospel Herald)

The six-month-old baby is now with her father and is making a good recovery.
 
"(The) guys were saying it's a miracle for the baby girl to have been in there without a scratch," Bonny Odhiambo from Red Cross told in CNN.  He also led the team involved in the rescue operation.
 
Odhiambo went on to explain that the baby girl was dehydrated, but had no visible injuries. The girl is named Dealeryn Saisi Wasike. She was pulled from the debris of a six-story building at about 4 a.m. local time. After that, she was taken to Kenyatta National Hospital for treatment.
 
By using specialized equipment, military search and rescue team found baby Dealeryn, who was wrapped in a blue blanket. The equipment can detect breathing beneath the rubble.
 
After hearing that his baby is alive, Ralson Wasike thanked God for protecting his only daughter, as per the report from Standard Digital. (Photo via Gospel Herald)
 
So far, at least 23 have been confirmed dead after the six-story residential block in Nairobi's poor Huruma district collapsed on Friday night. Residents say the bottom floor caved in first.
 
Investigators speculate heavy rains that inundated the city Friday night could be one of the reasons why the building had collapsed. They also questioned the owners of the building after...

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