19-year-old who was trapped in rubble tells her story for the first time

A Bangladeshi teen buried for 16 days under the rubble of a garment factory where she worked spoke for the first time Monday about her harrowing struggle to survive.

Nineteen-year-old Remsha vowed to never again work in the country's garment industry, where she was earning the equivalent of $60 a month.

Remsha spoke at a news conference as she was steadily recovering at a military hospital in Dhaka after rescue workers saved her Friday.

She was found in the factory's basement in a pool of water, according to rescue official Lt. Col. Moazzem Hossain. It's unclear if water from recent rains or rescuers' hoses trickled to where she was trapped, breathing through an air pocket.

Firefighters had hosed down the area to extinguish a fire that occurred during another failed rescue attempt.

 Finding anyone alive seemed incredibly unlikely. But then came the sound of an iron rod that Remsha shook. And then her pleas."I'm alive," she shouted. "Please rescue me!"

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