Haiti rescue team expands search after earthquake wreckage
Deputy inspector Robert Lukach and fire chief Joe Downey lead an 80 member team into Port-au-Prince to search for survivors in a collapsed three story grocery store. By evening 16 rescuers worked to reach five people trapped beneath concrete. Lukach said optimism remained despite grim ground zero comparisons.
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Joe Downey
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Haiti
Port-au-Prince
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Henry Dundie
U.S
Montana
Hope
Alexander Luque
Namibia
Relatives search amid ruins in Port-au-Prince
Desperate Haitians outside crumbled schools and markets seek missing sisters, fathers, children, and lovers as towns announce names. With collapsed networks and overloaded lines, survivors turn to bush radio and word of mouth while Red Cross launches a missing persons site and officials open desks for registration.
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Red Cross
Haiti's Preval Tries to Run Nation From Damaged Capital
Haiti's President Rene Preval faces a collapsed center of power as the National Palace is uninhabitable and the airport is under U.S. control. He convened ministers at a makeshift gathering with Clinton present and urged donors to stop arguing while aid work slows and police are overwhelmed. The country remains the Western Hemisphere's poorest, with decades of corruption and weak services.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Haiti
Hunger and hope grip quake-torn Port-au-Prince
Parched Haitians fought for food as U.S. helicopters dropped aid into a shattered Port au Prince. Rescue teams pressed on amid aftershocks while the UN calls the disaster the worst it has faced. Water and food distribution expanded with 82nd Airborne help and new health centers.
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U.N. World Food Program
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U.S. 82Nd Airborne Division
Jae C. Hong
U.S
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
World Food Program
Despair in Leogane as Haiti aid lags amid violence
In Leogane, residents with machetes guard a health clinic shelter while awaiting aid. The city shows widespread destruction with mass graves along the Port au Prince road, a stench from rubble, and calls for large shovels to reach buried victims. Locals fear looting and clashes, and report no police presence or immediate NGO relief.
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Crisis Response International
Sainte Croix Hospital
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