used CNN 's Web site to enter his mother 's name , age and approximate location in hope of someone identifying her . Zizi has since been moved to a medical facility aboard the USS Bataan , and now her son is seeking help moving her to a hospital in Florida for further treatment . `` I have n't given up hope , '' Janvier told CNN . `` It 's God 's sign to me that I will have another chance to see my mom . '' A CNN crew captured video of Tuesday 's rescue . After hours of careful extraction by rescue crews from Germany , South Africa and Mexico , Zizi was carried from the rubble on a wooden board as she grasped the edges , her face covered in dust . `` Thank God ! Thank God ! '' she exclaimed as she was pulled out , the video shows . `` Thanks to teamwork we were able to take this woman that prayed and prayed , and I believe that her faith that is so big was the thing that saved her , '' one of the Mexican rescuers said . iReport : Search
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ena Zizi was participating in a prayer group at the national cathedral in Port-au-Prince , Haiti , when the structure came down on her during the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit the island on January 12 . In New York , meanwhile , her son , Maxim Janvier , had no way of knowing what befell her other than she was missing . Miraculously , the 70-year-old Zizi survived seven days trapped under the rubble before she was rescued by international search crews this week . A person can , give or take , expect to survive 72 hours trapped without water or food . Zizi managed to hold on for twice as long , something that experts say speaks to the body 's resilience in times of danger . It is possible for a healthy person to survive more than 10 days in some cases , experts say . `` I was n't surprised . I knew she would live through that . She is a tough woman , '' Janvier said , recalling when he heard the news , via a CNN tip , that his mother had been found . Earlier , he had