A man has been rescued alive from the rubble of a hotel 11 days after the Haitian earthquake - despite the country's government declaring the search for survivors over.
Wismond Exantus, in his 20s, was pulled to safety on Saturday in front of cheering onlookers - telling rescuers he survived by drinking cola, beer and eating cookies.
It came as British firefighters returning home after their own life-saving efforts praised the determination of the Haitian people in the face of the disaster.
Dozens of onlookers wearing masks against the stench of the city's decaying bodies watched and cheered when Mr Exantus was carried from a narrow tunnel on a stretcher and placed in an ambulance.
He said later he survived by diving under a desk when the rubble started to fall around him. Trapped in such a small space, he had to lie on his back the entire time and survived by drinking cola, beer and cookies.
"I would eat anything I found," he said. "After the quake I didn't know when it was day and when it was night."
"It was God who was tucking me away in his arms. It gave me strength," he added.
Earlier on Saturday, the United Nations announced the Haitian government had declared an end to rescue operations.
But dozens of international teams continued to pick through the rubble of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake which struck on Tuesday last week and has killed an estimated 200,000 people.
UK crews returned home on Saturday to their families having pulled four people alive from the rubble, including a two-year-old toddler called Mia, after being scrambled 12 days ago.
