The Desarmes family survived after the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake.They left Haiti and came to Chile, fortunately survived. “I left my country (Haiti) and came here because of an earthquake,” Seraphin Philomene, a 21-year-old student and cousin of Desarmes, said…
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Haiti Earthquake: as light rain fell with the darkness
(CNN) — In Jacmel, Haiti, as light rain fell with the darkness Wednesday, Gwenn Goodale Mangine and a group of 35 people prepared to spend their second night sleeping outside on mattresses and cardboard boxes in her driveway. Everyone is…
Haiti earthquake death toll could reach into the tens of thousands
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Dazed survivors wandered past dead bodies in rubble-strewn streets Wednesday, crying for loved ones, and rescuers desperately searched collapsed buildings as fear rose that the death toll from Haiti’s devastating earthquake could reach into the tens of…