Hope is beginning to fade for those who have not yet been reached, but many men, women and children trapped since Tuesday are still managing to defy the odds.
Saint-Helene Jean-Louis, 29, a student, spent more than four days beneath the collapsed University of Port-au-Prince surrounded by eight decaying bodies, one of which was entwined with her own.
After 30 hours of clawing their way through layers of debris, rescuers pulled her free before she was taken to an Israeli field hospital.
Amazingly, she was still able to take a sip of water, whisper her name and indicate where the worst of her injuries were.
"To me, she's the hero of the group," said firefighter Richard McKinney, who has been drafted in from Fairfax County, Virginia, US. "She had to have spent that first night by herself."
Early on Sunday the co-owner of a hotel in Haiti's capital was rescued after more than 100 hours of being trapped.
As workers were beginning to give up hope of finding survivors within the ruins of the building, where dozens are still missing, the son of Nadine Cardoso, 62, heard her voice beneath the rubble.
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