More than two weeks after the earthquake brought down her school - and a day after she was lifted from the ruins - Darlene Etienne was eating yogurt, talking and regaining her strength Thursday.
"We are very surprised at the fact that she is still alive," said Dr. Evelyne Lambert, who is caring for her on a French hospital ship offshore.
One who didn't seem surprised was the girl's mother, a poor rice-and-vegetable peddler.
"I never thought she was dead," Kerline Dorcant, 39, told The Associated Press. "I always thought she was alive."
Why?
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