After 16 days buried in Bangladesh: ‘Save me!’

Tom Watkins and Farid Ahmed, CNN
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Updated 8:59 AM EDT, Sat May 11, 2013
Members of the Bangladesh army pray at the site of the collapsed Rana Plaza in Savar near Dhaka on Tuesday, May 14. The army-led effort to search for bodies has ended nearly three weeks after the nine-story building collapsed. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/14/world/asia/bangladesh-building-collapse-aftermath/?hpt=hp_t2">The final death toll stands at 1,127</a>.
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Members of the Bangladesh army pray at the site of the collapsed Rana Plaza in Savar near Dhaka on Tuesday, May 14. The army-led effort to search for bodies has ended nearly three weeks after the nine-story building collapsed. The final death toll stands at 1,127.
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Relatives of missing garment workers offer prayers in front of the rubble on May 14 in Savar.
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Relatives of missing garment workers offer prayers in front of the rubble on May 14 in Savar.
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A white board at the recovery command center near the disaster is used to track the death toll on Monday, May 13.
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A white board at the recovery command center near the disaster is used to track the death toll on Monday, May 13.
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Heavy equipment sifts through the rubble of the garment factory building collapse on Sunday, May 12.
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Heavy equipment sifts through the rubble of the garment factory building collapse on Sunday, May 12.
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A woman cries holds a portrait of a missing relative believed to be trapped in the rubble of the Rana Plaza building on Saturday, May 11.
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A woman cries holds a portrait of a missing relative believed to be trapped in the rubble of the Rana Plaza building on Saturday, May 11.
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Bangladeshi garment worker Reshma Begum, a seamstress who survived 16 days trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building, rests in Savar Cantonment Hospital on the outskirts of Dhaka on May 11.
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Bangladeshi garment worker Reshma Begum, a seamstress who survived 16 days trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building, rests in Savar Cantonment Hospital on the outskirts of Dhaka on May 11.
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Relatives search through a long line of covered decomposing bodies to try to identify their family members on May 11.
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Relatives search through a long line of covered decomposing bodies to try to identify their family members on May 11.
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Rescue workers retrieve Reshma from the rubble in Savar, Bangladesh, on Friday, May 10. She got rescue workers' attention by waving an iron rod. She was found in a pool of water, which allowed her to stay alive.
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Rescue workers retrieve Reshma from the rubble in Savar, Bangladesh, on Friday, May 10. She got rescue workers' attention by waving an iron rod. She was found in a pool of water, which allowed her to stay alive.
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