Tears in Haiti

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( Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times / January 14, 2010 ) A woman weeps after seeing the body of a neighbor who died in the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti two days ago.

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(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times / January 13, 2010) Injured siblings Christina Brelsford, 25, of Phoenix and Julian Brelsford, 27, of Philadelphia wait to be evacuated after the quake. Hundreds of patients streamed into a compound near the Port-au-Prince airport where a team of doctors from the University of Miami was helping patients.

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(American Red Cross / January 14, 2010) Survivors gather around bodies in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, during an aerial assessment mission by relief agencies.

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(Juan Barreto AFP / Getty Images / January 14, 2010) A man makes his way amid bodies outside the morgue in Port-au-Prince on Thursday.

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(Juan Barreto AFP / Getty Images / January 14, 2010) An injured boy waits for medical assistance outside a hospital in Port-au-Prince.

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(Logan Abassi / United Nations / January 14, 2010) An aerial view of a flattened shantytown in Port-au-Prince.


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(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times / January 13, 2010) A woman pleads for help outside a hospital where no one was getting care. People waited on the ground for hours Wednesday, hoping someone would tend to their injuries.

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(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times / January 13, 2010) A woman tries to help rescue a survivor whose voice she heard from beneath the collapsed Haitian Department of Justice building in Port-au-Prince.

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(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times / January 13, 2010) A man whose parents were killed in the earthquake is flanked by friends in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.


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(Gerald Herbert / Associated Press / January 14, 2010) A man looks through the rubble of collapsed St. Gerard Church and School in Port-au-Prince. Several students and teachers died when the building collapsed after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday.


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(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times / January 14, 2010) Virginia resident Christopher Holmes of Fairfax County's urban search and rescue team and his dog, Cazo, search for Molly Hightower of Port Orchard, Wash. The 22-year-old University of Portland graduate, who was presumed to be in this ruined building at the time of Tuesday's earthquake, is missing.


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(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times / January 14, 2010) The body of a young girl lays on the side of the road two days after the massive earthquake that destroyed the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince.


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(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times / January 14, 2010) Roselyn Joseph cries over the loss of her daughter Emanuela Aminise, 14, who died in the earthquake.




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(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times / January 14, 2010) Lionel Michaud mourns the death of his wife, Lormeny Nathalie, and son Christian Michaud, who lie in the courtyard outside a morgue in Port-au-Prince where hundreds of bodies have been brought.


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Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010

Trapped Haitian girl dies despite rescue effort

By MIKE MELIA - Associated Press Writer


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Trapped beneath the crumbled remains of her home, the cries of the 9-year-old girl could be heard begging for rescue as neighbors clawed at sand and debris with their bare hands.

It had been two days since the earthquake collapsed the cinderblock home, trapping Haryssa Keem Clerge inside the basement. Friends and neighbors braved aftershocks to climb over the rubble, one of hundreds of toppled structures teetering on the side of a ravine.
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In a city full of people desperately waiting for more help than neighbors can muster, it never came for Haryssa.

Just hours after her screams renewed rescuers' hopes Thursday, the child's lifeless body was finally pulled from the mass of concrete and twisted metal. Wrapped in a green bath towel, it was placed inside a loose desk drawer. With nowhere to take it, the body was then left on the hood of a battered Isuzu Trooper.

"There are no police, no anybody," said the child's despairing godmother, Kettely Clerge. Neighbors had to hold her back as she walked toward the building's winding, partially collapsed stairway, wailing: "I want to see her!"


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http://www.macon.com/world/story/985999.html

 

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Anglade family hoped to build better Haiti, and died in its rubble

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By: Sidhartha Banerjee, THE CANADIAN PRESS

MONTREAL - They spent their entire lives trying to build a better Haiti.

In the end, they died as their beloved homeland crumbled around them. Georges and Mireille Anglade, a Montreal husband and wife, are among four Canadians confirmed killed so far by Haiti's earthquake.

They were remembered Thursday as passionate, intelligent people who worked to help the troubled country reach its potential.

Georges was a geography professor and accomplished author who was active in Haitian politics and who helped found the Universite du Quebec a Montreal in 1969.

He had been a political prisoner under the Duvalier regime, helped lead Haiti's democracy movement, served as public works minister in the Aristide government, wrote several books, and was an adviser to current president Rene Preval.

His wife was an economist who worked with the United Nations in Haiti and was actively involved in women's rights. In Montreal, she taught French.

But she had recently become president of a Haitian women's group and remained active in the country.

The Montreal couple was found buried in the rubble of the family compound in a suburb of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday after rescuers failed to get to them on time.

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http://www.cjad.com/news/14/1051391

 

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President of PEN Haiti Died in Earthquake

By Jason Boog on Jan 14, 2010 04:23 PM

Today International PEN reported that PEN Haiti president Georges Anglade and his wife Mireille Neptune died in the earthquake that rocked the country Tuesday.

A committee of International PEN executives wrote the sad news: "We are awaiting news of the other members of Haitian PEN and will of course ensure that we keep you up dated. In the only too short time we had to get to know Georges and Mireille, they had become an essential part of our PEN family. Georges' strength and leadership in establishing a PEN Centre in Haiti was an inspiration to us all and his warmth and generosity made him a great friend."

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http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/publishing/president_of_pen_haiti_died_in_earthquake_148995.asp

 

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RCMP Sgt. Mark Gallagher found dead in rubble of Haitian earthquake

January 14, 2010 8:53 p.m.

OTTAWA - An RCMP officer has been found dead in the rubble of his Haitian home - the latest Canadian victim of Tuesday's massive earthquake in the Caribbean country.

Sgt. Mark Gallagher's body was discovered in the capital city of Port-au-Prince, RCMP Commissioner William Elliott announced Thursday.

"Mark's remains were identified visually by a contingent colleague working in collaboration with the search team at his residence," Elliott said. "We are now doing everything possible to recover Mark's body and arrange for his repatriation.

"This is devastating news for Mark's immediate family and those of us in the RCMP. My profound sympathies go out to Mark's wife Lisa and their children Shane and Heather."

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http://www.metronews.ca/edmonton/ca...er-found-dead-in-rubble-of-haitian-earthquake

 

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Jan 14, 2010 2:00 pm US/Pacific

First American Death Confirmed In Haiti

WASHINGTON (AP) ―

<DL class="cbstv_article_images cbstv_img_border" sizcache="0" sizset="2"><DT>The first American reported killed by the earthquake in Haiti was a foreign service officer crushed when her home collapsed.

<DT> <DT>Victoria DeLong, 57, of California, died Tuesday, said State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley. DeLong, a 27-year diplomat, was a cultural affairs officer and had been stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince since last year. No hometown was immediately available.</DT></DL>
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http://cbs2.com/national/haiti.american.death.2.1427196.html

 

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Peruvian soldier dies in Haiti's earthquake

09:28, January 15, 2010

Peruvian soldier Luis Eduardo Chanllio Quisepe working for the United Nations died in the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that shook Haiti on Tuesday, local radio station Radio Programas de Peru (RPP) said on Thursday.

In an interview with RPP, a relative of Chanllio said that he arrived in Haiti in November 2009, to work for the UN.

Chanllio, 42, is the first Peruvian reported dead in the earthquake of Tuesday, he died when a wall in his house fell over him.

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At Least 36 UN Personnel Confirmed Dead in Haiti; Number Likely to Rise

Margaret Besheer | United Nations 14 January 2010

The U.N. Secretary General says the facts are "grim" in Haiti, after a 7.0 earthquake rocked the Caribbean nation Tuesday. Ban Ki-moon warned that the overall death toll could be very high. Among the scores of dead, at least 36 U.N. military and civilian staff. But that figure could rise dramatically, as some 150 personnel are still unaccounted for nearly 48 hours after the quake.

Mr. Ban told reporters that the overall picture on the ground in Haiti still remains "sketchy".

He said the first 72 hours are critical in saving survivors, and he is still holding out hope for both Haitians and U.N. personnel trapped beneath the rubble.

Read more at:
http://www1.voanews.com/english/new...in-Haiti-Number-Likely-to-Rise--81541432.html