DATE=8/10/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-236824
TITLE=KENYA INVESTIGATIONS (L)
BYLINE=CAROL PINEAU
DATELINE=NAIROBI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: IN NAIROBI, SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS CONTINUE THEIR WORK
TO FIND SURVIVORS FROM FRIDAY'S MASSIVE BOMBING OUTSIDE THE U-S
EMBASSY, WHICH LEFT NEARLY 200 DEAD AND FIVE-THOUSAND INJURED.
AMERICAN INVESTIGATORS ARE ALSO ON THE SCENE. MUCH OF THE RESCUE
CURRENTLY IS FOCUSED ON WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE "UFUNDI" BUILDING.
CAROL PINEAU HAS DETAILS.
TEXT: RESCUE WORKERS HAVE TAKEN AWAY MOST OF THE RUBLE FROM THE
LEFT SIDE OF THE UFUNDI BUILDING. BUT IT IS THE RIGHT SIDE THAT
IS MORE UNSTABLE. THAT IS WHERE RESCUERS ARE SEARCHING FOR THE
ONE KNOWN SURVIVOR STILL TRAPPED IN THE DEBRIS.
RESCUERS FEARED THE WORST AS THE WOMAN -- HER NAME IS ROSE -- HAD
NOT BEEN HEARD FROM SINCE EARLY SUNDAY. BUT MONDAY, RESCUERS
WITH SPECIALIZED LISTENING DEVISES PICKED UP WHAT THEY BELIEVE
MAY HAVE BEEN SCRATCHING NOISES.
// OPT // SHE HAD BEEN COMMUNICATING THROUGH A MAN, ALSO TRAPPED
IN THE RUBLE. BUT HE WAS PULLED OUT LATE SATURDAY. RESCUE
WORKERS HAVE NOW JOINED A TUNNEL FROM ABOVE AND BELOW WHERE THE
MAN WAS FOUND. THEY KNOW THEY ARE CLOSE, BUT THEY STILL MUST DIG
FARTHER ALONG THE TUNNEL TO FIND HER. SHE HAS BEEN TRAPPED FOR
MORE THAN THREE DAYS. // END OPT //
FIRST LIEUTENANT WITH THE ISRAELI ARMY, ALON SEREN, SAYS IT WILL
TAKE THEM TWO TO THREE DAYS TO FINISH CLEARING ALL THE RUBLE FROM
THE UFUNDI BUILDING.
SIXTY F-B-I AGENTS, PLUS FORENSIC AND BOMB EXPERTS, ARRIVED IN
THE NAIROBI CAPITAL DURING THE WEEKEND. KENYAN PRESIDENT DANIEL
ARAP MOI SAYS THERE ARE LEADS, BUT HE HAS NOT ELABORATED.
THE U-S EMBASSY HAD CLOSED CIRCUIT CAMERAS, BUT INVESTIGATORS
STILL DO NOT KNOW IF THEY SURVIVED THE EXPLOSION, OR IF THE FILM
WOULD PROVIDE ANY CLUES. AMERICAN MIKE REILLY FROM THE FAIRFAX,
VIRGINIA URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM SAID EVERY PART OF THE
EMBASSY WAS AFFECTED BY THE EXPLOSION.
/// REILLY ACT ///
WE HAVE MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. WE HAVE WALLS THAT
HAVE BEEN BLOWN COMPLETELY DOWN. WE HAVE, OF COURSE, A
LOT OF CEILING MATERIAL -- ALL THE CEILING MATERIAL HAS
FALLEN DOWN, SO YOU HAVE GOT LOTS OF WIRES, YOU HAVE GOT
CABINETS AND METAL SAFES THAT HAVE BEEN TOPPLED OVER.
SO THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DEBRIS, GLASS, STREWN
THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
/// END ACT ///
HE SAYS THE SECOND BASEMENT FLOOR IS FLOODED WITH A COMBINATION
OF DIESEL FUEL AND WATER. IT MUST BE PUMPED OUT BEFORE RESCUE
WORKERS CAN SEARCH FOR BODIES, BUT MR. REILLY SAYS HE DOUBTS THEY
WILL FIND MORE SURVIVORS.
// REST OPT //
AMBASSADOR, PRUDENCE BUSHNELL, WHO WAS SLIGHTLY INJURED IN
FRIDAY'S ATTACK, LAID A WREATH AT HER BOMBED OUT EMBASSY MONDAY.
MEMORIAL SERVICES WERE HELD SUNDAY AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE
AMBASSADOR.
AN AMERICAN EMBASSY OFFICIAL IN NAIROBI SAID ALL AMERICAN
EMBASSIES ARE ON SPECIAL ALERT. (SIGNED)
NEB/CP/PCF/RAE
10-Aug-98 10:29 AM EDT (1429 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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