The stories from the evacuees are heart-wrenching Mirline Jacob of Northeast Philadelphia suffered a sprained ankle in the quake. She said she went to Haiti for a family funeral. Fifteen minutes after she got to her father's house, the quake hit.
Reverend Paul La Plant was in Haiti with his wife and two children preaching at a mission church. He recalled thinking that a truck had his the home where they were staying.
Some of the survivors told Action News stayed on the lawn of the U.S. Embassy for several days and were giving food and water until they were airlifted out of Haiti today.