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| UK rescuers end Haiti quake hunt | UK rescuers end Haiti quake hunt |
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| A team of British rescuers is returning from earthquake-hit Haiti after spending a week searching through the rubble for survivors. | |
| Members of Gloucestershire-based rescue agency Rapid-UK said they had done all they could to find survivors of the 7.0-magnitude quake. | Members of Gloucestershire-based rescue agency Rapid-UK said they had done all they could to find survivors of the 7.0-magnitude quake. |
| They said it would be an "absolute miracle" if anyone else were found alive among the ruined buildings. | They said it would be an "absolute miracle" if anyone else were found alive among the ruined buildings. |
| Rescuer Anthony Thomas, from Devon, said: "It's time for us to go home." | Rescuer Anthony Thomas, from Devon, said: "It's time for us to go home." |
| The Rapid-UK team ended its mission in Haiti with a fruitless search of a collapsed school where around 100 children remain missing. | The Rapid-UK team ended its mission in Haiti with a fruitless search of a collapsed school where around 100 children remain missing. |
| Mr Thomas, 47, who lives in Bovey Tracey, said: "We have done our job. It will be pretty much an absolute miracle to find anybody else alive. | Mr Thomas, 47, who lives in Bovey Tracey, said: "We have done our job. It will be pretty much an absolute miracle to find anybody else alive. |
| "It's time for the relief teams to take over." | "It's time for the relief teams to take over." |
| I think we have done all we can. We have got to get out the way so the aid agencies can go in Simon ThomassonRescuer from Farnborough | |
| The nine volunteers picked their way over the remains of the school on the outskirts of the capital Port-au-Prince with search dogs on Thursday. | |
| The building catered for 400 children, around 300 of whom have been accounted for since the quake struck on 12 January. | The building catered for 400 children, around 300 of whom have been accounted for since the quake struck on 12 January. |
| Mr Thomas said no signs of life had been detected under the rubble. | Mr Thomas said no signs of life had been detected under the rubble. |
| The painter and decorator said: "It was a job that needed to be done, but it is a few days too late. | The painter and decorator said: "It was a job that needed to be done, but it is a few days too late. |
| "We should have gone to the school a few days ago, but we didn't know about it." | "We should have gone to the school a few days ago, but we didn't know about it." |
| The Rapid-UK team worked alongside British and Haitian firefighters during their stay. | The Rapid-UK team worked alongside British and Haitian firefighters during their stay. |
| While working with a Haitian team, they helped to rescue a severely-injured police officer from a collapsed building. | While working with a Haitian team, they helped to rescue a severely-injured police officer from a collapsed building. |
| People salvage what they can from the ruins of a destroyed building | People salvage what they can from the ruins of a destroyed building |
| Overseas workers have saved 130 people from debris left by the disaster. | Overseas workers have saved 130 people from debris left by the disaster. |
| Rescuer Simon Thomasson, 41, a telecoms engineer from Farnborough in Hampshire, said the mood among rescuers was "pretty sombre because of all the devastation we have witnessed". | Rescuer Simon Thomasson, 41, a telecoms engineer from Farnborough in Hampshire, said the mood among rescuers was "pretty sombre because of all the devastation we have witnessed". |
| He said: "But I think we have done all we can. Someone probably will be found after the rescue teams have left, but the likelihood is very slim. | He said: "But I think we have done all we can. Someone probably will be found after the rescue teams have left, but the likelihood is very slim. |
| "We have got to get out the way so the aid agencies can go in." | "We have got to get out the way so the aid agencies can go in." |
| Also heading home is a group of around 60 UK firefighting personnel who have been helping the rescue effort. | Also heading home is a group of around 60 UK firefighting personnel who have been helping the rescue effort. |
| The earthquake's death toll so far is estimated at 200,000, with around two million thought to be homeless. | The earthquake's death toll so far is estimated at 200,000, with around two million thought to be homeless. |
| One Briton is confirmed dead in the disaster, with another still missing. | One Briton is confirmed dead in the disaster, with another still missing. |
| United Nations worker Frederick Wooldridge, 41, from Kent, was the first Briton to die, along with dozens of his colleagues. | United Nations worker Frederick Wooldridge, 41, from Kent, was the first Briton to die, along with dozens of his colleagues. |
| UN worker Ann Barnes, 59 and originally from Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, remains missing. | UN worker Ann Barnes, 59 and originally from Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, remains missing. |