This past weekend, a U.S. search-and-rescue team from Los Angeles pulled a woman from the rubble of a collapsed building. The large Haitian crowd assembled outside the scene responded with exuberant cheers of “U.S.A., U.S.A.” LA County Fire Capt. Bill Monahan “said it brought his team to tears.” The rescue team then proceeded to dig out “three more women from under three stories of another collapsed building.” The White House press office sent reporters this video of the scene:

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