The Only Voice That Pulled Them Out

On January 12, 2010, Evan Muncie lay trapped beneath a collapsed concrete school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. For twenty-seven days — long after rescue teams had moved on — he survived on scraps of food and rainwater seeping through the rubble. Dozens of voices called out during those weeks. Strangers shouted. Machines rumbled overhead. But when his mother, Jesula, refused to stop searching and finally stood over the exact spot where he lay buried, Evan said he recognized her voice instantly.…