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But Revolus spent five days under several feet of rubble, with nothing to drink or eat.

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"I asked God to free me, and I promised him I wouldn't waste my second chance," said Revolus, who had initially been hospitalized after being stabbed in a fight over money.

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Despite a severely infected leg, a punctured lung and numerous gashes and bruises, Revolus 'smile grew ever wider as he recounted his story, lying on the lawn of the damaged headquarters of Medecins Sans Frontieres or Doctors Without Borders, a French aid group.

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"I asked God to free me, and I promised him I wouldn't waste my second chance," said Revolus, who had initially been hospitalised after being stabbed in a fight over money.

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Revolus knows he's "unbelievably lucky" to have been dragged out.

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Revolus was being treated for a stab wound at another hospital and was lying in the middle of a three-level bunk bed when the earthquake hit on January 12, killing an estimated 200 000.

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With nothing else to do, Revolus spent his lonely vigil praying and reflecting on his life.

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"Sometimes, I still can't believe I'm here," Revolus said.

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Revolus said tiny cracks in the debris helped him track the days, allowing him some idea of whether the sun was out or not.

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Five minutes later, someone lifted a slab above him and Revolus felt a rush of warm tropical light from Haiti's late afternoon sun.

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