14th survivor pulled from rubble of collapse in Philadelphia

By Associated Press

In this photo provided by Jordan McLaughlin, a dust cloud rises as people run from the scene of a building collapse on the edge of downtown Philadelphia on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. A building that was being torn down collapsed with a thunderous boom, raining bricks on a neighboring thrift store, killing a woman and injuring at least 13 other people in an accident that witnesses said was bound to happen.

Jordan McLaughlin, Associated Press

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In this photo provided by Jordan McLaughlin, emergency personnel respond to a building collapse on the edge of downtown Philadelphia on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. A building that was being torn down collapsed with a thunderous boom, raining bricks on a neighboring thrift store, killing a woman and injuring at least 13 other people in an accident that witnesses said was bound to happen.

Jordan McLaughlin, Associated Press

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In this photo provided by Jordan McLaughlin, emergency personnel and others rescue a man from the rubble of a building collapse on the edge of downtown Philadelphia on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. A building that was being torn down collapsed with a thunderous boom, raining bricks on a neighboring thrift store, killing a woman and injuring at least 13 other people in an accident that witnesses said was bound to happen.

Jordan McLaughlin, Associated Press

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PHILADELPHIA — Searchers have found a woman buried beneath the rubble of a collapsed building and taken her to a hospital.

Deputy Fire Chief Robert Coyne said early Thursday that 61-year-old Myra Plekam was pulled from the debris more than 12 hours after a building collapsed and that she was awake and talking to rescuers.

She's the 14th survivor of Wednesday's collapse which has already claimed six lives, according to Mayor Michael Nutter.

Searchers are still combing through the pile of brick, wood and other debris.