The Search Continues at Hotel Montana
We had a brief trip to the Hotel Montana site today. Of all the recovery efforts I've seen so far, this is the most productive and well organized. There was a constant flow of trucks carrying out rubble that has been sifted through and then sent off to a landfill about six miles away. Also on site was Bil Hawkins, the Incident Commander of the Hotel Montana Recovery Mission for the US Army Corp of Engineers. ... read more























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Gretchen Gailey
January 24, 2010 7:16 PM
Looters Pillage Dead Archbishops House
We happened to be in the Bel Air neighborhood taking in the first mass since the earthquake at Our Lady of the Assumption. About 300 parishoners showed up to pray, sing hymns and look for hope in the devastation. Meanwhile, a gang in one of the roughest neighborhoods in Port Au Prince was just looking to survive. Hours after hundreds gathered for an outdoor mass at the ... read more