Conn. man trapped under Haiti quake rubble for 10 hours says miracles helped save his life

Conn. quake survivor: Miracles saved me in Haiti

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Catholic missionary from Connecticut says a series of miracles allowed him to survive 10 hours trapped under earthquake rubble in Haiti.

Chuck Dietsch told The Associated Press on Tuesday that a 2-by-4 created an air pocket after he became pinned on his back on a concrete block with a colleague partially on top of him.

Dietsch is a 66-year-old Southbury resident who worked for a Catholic mission house in Haiti.

He says that the walls and floors started shifting, he pulled his colleague into a doorway. He says the next jolt brought the whole house on top of them.

Their yells eventually brought the attention of a guard who got two other men to help dig out the trapped workers.