UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moom said, "Clearly this is a major humanitarian disaster. To hear those reports of suffering every hour, to see these terrible images on television is very painful to all of us."

"Early this morning, another survivor - the Estonian close pretection officer named Tarmo Joveer, was located when scratching sounds were heard. It was quite fortunate that we have him rescued. He was transported to the Argentinian hospital. I hope he will be will soon. It was a small, small miracle."