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Haiti - January 12, 2011 : 35 seconds of hell 12/01/2011 07:01:28
4:53 pm an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale has plunged Haiti into hell... 35 seconds later... the capital of Port-au-Prince was destroyed over 75%. Today it is estimated that the number of dead could rise 300.0000 dead "as many" injuries and than 2.3 million people were displaced, more than a million live still in camps or makeshift shelters. Yesterday as now, nothing has really changed... Port-au-Prince is a monument of ruins which seems to have escaped to the time... Haiti January 12, 2010 : "Downtown of Port-au-Prince is destroyed is a real disaster" declared to AFP, a resident who walked several kilometers to return to his home amid scenes of panic. An AP reporter saw the rubble of the Hospital of Petionville, near Port-au-Prince, while a U.S. official in visit, testified on his side, he saw houses collapsed into a ravine. "Everyone is completely terrified and in shock" told Henry Bahn, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, "the sky is gray of dust". He walked down the street when the quake struck: "I continued to advance, and I bounced against the walls. I just heard a lot of noise ... and cries ..." "Everything started shaking, and people were shouting, houses began to crumble. It is the complete chaos, "commented the journalist Joseph Guyler Delva" I saw people under the rubble, people killed"... "We saw many bodies in the streets and on the sidewalks, which were hit by debris," commented Philip Crowley, the spokesman from the U.S. State Department. According to witnesses, the courthouse, the buildings of the Ministries of Interior, Public Health, the Office of the Revenue (DGI) fell. The headquarters of the mission of UN Stabilization in Haiti (MINUSTAH) has been destroyed by the powerful quake, burying many of men and women but no one knows how much ... Many houses are completely collapsed, hotels, schools, hospitals (Petion ville), supermarket whose the Caribbean SuperMarket were also reportedly destroyed at a busy time... According to many witnesses, many students would be under the rubble of schools where they were in classroom at the time of the earthquake... Few hours after the earthquake, the U.S. president has offered the assistance of the United States to Haiti "My thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by this earthquake," said Barack Obama "We are monitoring the situation closely and we stand ready to rescue the people of Haiti." Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montreal, dismayed and saddened by the devastating effects on the population of Port-au-Prince in Haiti said in the evening "My thoughts are with the victims of the Haitian capital and families who are established in Montreal and who must wonder what is happening given the limited information available" Michaëlle Jean, then Governor General of Canada under the influence of emotion said follow with "great attention and concern the first reports on the earthquake of considerable strength, which struck Haiti and that was felt also elsewhere in the region [...] I wish that Haitians know they are not alone and that Canadians will respond to this emergency." In France the Minister of Foreign Affairs said "In these dramatic moments, France expresses its solidarity with the Republic of Haiti and send a strong testimony of sympathy and solidarity for the Haitian people..." Haiti January 13, 2010 : The day after the terrible disaster, Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France has expressed its "dismay" and his "profound emotion", stating that France hurry "detachments of civil security and a platoon of gendarmes" for relief work... Joyandet, Secretary of State for Cooperation evoked then "We are told that the hotel Le Montana would have collapsed. It said there were 300 people in it and that only 100 would be emerged, which worries us many" Haitian President René Préval said on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, to the U.S. daily Miami Herald that he feared that earthquake has claimed thousands of lives. He also urged the international community for help. He found himself with his wife in Port-au-Prince during the earthquake, he described the scenes of which he had witnessed "of unimaginable [...] Parliament has collapsed, the head of the tax administration collapsed, schools have collapsed, hospitals have collapsed [...] some schools are full of corpses"... Asked by a reporter of CNN on the number of people killed in the disaster, President René Préval said "I do not know [...] so far, I heard 50.000" Haitian literary scene has lost a great man, Georges Anglade and his wife were killed in the earthquake. The haitian author was in Port-au-Prince on the occasion of the festival "Étonnants Voyageurs" which was to take place the January 14 to 17. Haiti January 14, 2010 : Residents of Port-au-Prince in anger blocked Thursday some streets of the capital with corpses. They protest against delays in emergency humanitarian aid, reported a witness. Shaul Schwarz, a photographer for Time magazine, said he saw at least two blocked streets with corpses of victims of the powerful earthquake that struck Haiti on Tuesday. "They [the residents] start blocking the streets with bodies, it goes wrong here, people are tired of not getting help..." Haiti January 17, 2010 : The authorities now speak of 50.000 to 100.000 dead. Port-au-Prince is the prey of looters, many are part of gangs of Cité Soleil, In addition to the thousands of detainees escaped during the earthquake that also roam in the streets and sow terror. A people said "They came out of prison and now they trail by trying to rob people"... Haiti January 18, 2010 : In the new hospital set up near Carrefour, the surgical team from Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has conducted 90 surgeries in 24 hours after installing the operating room [many members are crushed and amputations] ... Haiti January 22, 2010 : The death toll from the earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12 now stands at 111.499, according to figures released Friday by the Haitian Ministry of Interior, which reported more than 190,000 injured. Haiti January 23, 2010 : Given the deterioration of the social climate, Pope Benedict XVI has called for calm in the streets of Haiti on Saturday so that aid can reach the victims of the earthquake. The pontiff asked that "the solidarity resides in your hearts" and "the calm return in the streets so that those who wait, can receive aid. " In a letter to Haitian President René Préval, Benedict XVI thanked all those who try to find survivors from the ruins, "often risking their own lives"... This morning we were singing the funeral of Archbishop. Mgr. Serge Joseph Miot [63 years old, found dead in the ruins of his residence near the cathedral after the earthquake]. The ceremony took place near the devastated cathedral, the Cathedral of Port-au-Prince. A ceremony where thousands of Catholic took part, President Préval was also present. Haiti January 25, 2010 : Prime Minister of Haiti, Jean-Max Bellerive, arrived last Sunday to Canada. Today he will participate to the International Conference of Montreal aimed to plan the reconstruction of Haiti, the conference will be held in Montreal. The Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and his Brazilian counterpart, Celso Amorim, will present among other. The Governor General of Canada Michaëlle Jean, Sunday sang a song of hope for Haiti during a forum on art, in Calgary. The voice of Mrs. Jean trembled slightly when she told the story of a woman wandering the devastated streets of Port-au-Prince with a song for every luggage. According to her, "even people who have lost all still have the music and dance to bring them together and give them taste to the life. "... Haiti January 26, 2010 : The First Lady of Haiti, Elizabeth Préval, accompanied by Ministers of Health, Alex Larsen, and the Haitians living abroad, Edwin Parison has yesterday visited the victims of earthquake in the hospital of the State University of Haiti (HUEH). Ms. Préval held talks with foreign doctors, including Americans, who support the wounded with the most serious injuries. While welcoming the support of the international community, the First Lady thanked the foreign doctors on behalf of the Haitian people. HL/ HaitiLibre
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