Experts say people can survive up to a week or more trapped under fallen debris depending on several factors, including whether they have access to water and air, weather conditions and the extent of their injuries.
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"Getting the message that you're there and you're still alive out is what gets people rescued," Morris said. "Almost universally not recommended," he said. "It can absolutely dehydrate you faster than not drinking anything at all. There's definitely a psychological event that occurs where people are so desperately thirsty that any liquid will seem preferable to nothing at all. But certainly, from a survival standpoint, these are not adequate."
Temperatures at night have fallen to as low as 32 F, making it hard for those who are trapped to stay warm. Morris said this is another example of how luck can play a role in survival. "Our will to survive and to live becomes the most important goal to pursue," Maidenberg said. "So. there's this sort of spiritual process of some kind, there's a physiological process of some kind, and physical process of some kind that, all together, come to help us to survive for as long as possible."Maidenberg said the fight-or-flight response is also being activated when somebody is trapped under rubble or debris.
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