Watch: Person freed from rubble after 29 hours

A miracle was celebrated amid overwhelming tragedy when a survivor was rescued just after 19:00 tonight.

A successful rescue operation at the disaster site in Victoria Street in George resulted in another survivor being pulled from the rubble of a four-storey building that collapsed yesterday.

The cries of joy are testimony to 29 hours of hard work to free the trapped construction workers.

Seventy-five people were on-site at the time of the disaster. Forty-six people are still unaccounted for.

Video: Michelle Pienaar, George Herald:

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