Rescue workers carry <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/13/world/asia/bangladesh-building-collapse/index.html">Reshma Begum</a>, 19, to safety on Friday, May 10, a day after her discovery alive amid the wreckage of a building that had entombed her since it collapsed on April 24, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. At least 1,127 people have been confirmed dead from the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/12/world/asia/bangladesh-building-collapse/index.html">garment factory building collapse</a>.
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Rescue workers carry Reshma Begum, 19, to safety on Friday, May 10, a day after her discovery alive amid the wreckage of a building that had entombed her since it collapsed on April 24, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. At least 1,127 people have been confirmed dead from the garment factory building collapse.
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Begum, a young female garment worker at the Rana Plaza building before the disaster, addresses the media at the Savar Combined Military Hospital in Savar area of Dhaka on Monday, May 13.
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Begum, a young female garment worker at the Rana Plaza building before the disaster, addresses the media at the Savar Combined Military Hospital in Savar area of Dhaka on Monday, May 13.
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Throngs of reporters crowd around Begum as she speaks publicly for the first time on May 13 about her ordeal in Dhaka.
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Throngs of reporters crowd around Begum as she speaks publicly for the first time on May 13 about her ordeal in Dhaka.
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Begum is surrounded by media and members of the Bangladeshi military at the hospital where she is recovering in Dhaka on May 13.
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Begum is surrounded by media and members of the Bangladeshi military at the hospital where she is recovering in Dhaka on May 13.
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A nurse helps Begum through a door as she attends a media conference at the Savar Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on May 13.
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A nurse helps Begum through a door as she attends a media conference at the Savar Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on May 13.
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Begum rests in her hospital bed as members of the Bangladeshi military stand beside her at the Savar Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on Saturday, May 11.
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Begum rests in her hospital bed as members of the Bangladeshi military stand beside her at the Savar Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on Saturday, May 11.
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Begum was found in the factory's basement in a pool of water, according to rescue official Lt. Col. Moazzem Hossain.
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Begum was found in the factory's basement in a pool of water, according to rescue official Lt. Col. Moazzem Hossain.
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Bangladeshi army workers supervise the continued rescue operation using heavy equipment to sift through the rubble on May 10 in Dhaka.
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Bangladeshi army workers supervise the continued rescue operation using heavy equipment to sift through the rubble on May 10 in Dhaka.
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Rescuers workers administer first aid as they carry Begum from the rubble on May 10 in Dhaka.
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Rescuers workers administer first aid as they carry Begum from the rubble on May 10 in Dhaka.
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Begum is pulled alive from the rubble by the rescue workers on May 10, after being buried for 16 days.
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Begum is pulled alive from the rubble by the rescue workers on May 10, after being buried for 16 days.
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Begum recalled that when the collapse of the nine-story building began, she was working on the third floor. She was found in the factory's basement.
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Begum recalled that when the collapse of the nine-story building began, she was working on the third floor. She was found in the factory's basement.
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The 19-year-old mother vowed to never again work in the country's garment industry, where she was earning the equivalent of $60 a month.
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The 19-year-old mother vowed to never again work in the country's garment industry, where she was earning the equivalent of $60 a month.
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