January 20, 2010

Tragedy in Haiti

There’s nothing like a tragedy to bring out the best and the worst in people. You have those who contribute to aiding victims in whatever way they can on the one hand, and the profiteers on the other.

A magnitude-7.0 earthquake on January 12 killed an estimated 200,000 people, left 250,000 injured and made 1.5 million homeless in Haiti, according to the European Union. Following this, there were 49 aftershocks of magnitude-4.5 or greater. (more…)