"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you
who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve" Albert Schweitzer

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Massive Temblor In Haiti

At 16:53 local time on Tuesday, January 12, Haiti was struck with a magnitude 7.o earthquake centered approximately 16 miles west of Port au Prince.  The footage below was taken a few hours after the quake and shows scores of people flooding the street including those trying to find a place to take the injured. 


Many countries have responded to appeals for humanitarian aid, pledging funds and dispatching rescue and medical teams, engineers and support personnel.  Communication systems, air, land, and sea transport facilities, hospitals, and electrical networks have been damaged by the earthquake, which hampers rescue and aid efforts; confusion over who is in charge, air traffic congestion, and problems with priortisation of flights further complicate early relief work.  Port-au-Prince's morgues have been quickly overwhelmed; tens of thousands of bodies will need to be buried in mass graves.  

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