Recovery and Reportage » 6.0 AFTERSHOCK TREMOR HITS JACMEL HAITI

20 January 2010

Jacmel awoke at 6AM this morning to yet another after-shock (apparently 6.1). The students and Ciné Institute Founder David Belle, asleep in a temporary office, were on their feet and running out doors and windows in less than 5 seconds. More houses have fallen and the main tower is down, knocking out Internet.

Ciné Institute’s Director Andrew Bigosinski also reports that their generator, which powers their antenna, is down due to lack of fuel.

The good news is that David Belle also reports that due to the incredible response of the media to this story, there are now relief ships and planes arriving in Jacmel and the CI students are out with 5 crews finding other towns that have been so far cut off from aid.

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Posted By: Shekeyna on January 20th, 2010 5:03 pm

We love you!
We are praying for you!
Our hearts and souls are reaching out to our fellow human beings.
From California
To Jacmel
Posted By: Latest Updates on the Crisis in Haiti - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com on January 20th, 2010 7:12 pm

[...] work to document the impact of the earthquake in that town on Haiti’s southern coast, reports on this morning’s aftershock: Jacmel awoke at 6 a.m. this morning to yet another after-shock (apparently 6.1). The students and [...]
Posted By: JIM YOUNG on January 20th, 2010 11:36 pm

Please ck on condition of LaVallee
Posted By: David Walsh on January 21st, 2010 12:32 am

Hello;

Our grandson is in Jacmel…he is a sailor onboard HMCS Halifax. He has been ashore helping with your hospital tents and the wounded.

A lot more help is on the way from here.. we hope that we can help save some lives,,god bless you.
Posted By: Candy Beers on January 21st, 2010 4:46 pm

Have been following this story about these young student filmmakers. Praise God for them as they continue to film other Hatian townsand villiages so that disaster aid can be sent to these places as well.
Good work, students!!!I will pray for you.
Candy
Posted By: BaghdadBrian on January 22nd, 2010 10:46 am

Hey there! We have been trying to get in touch via email, please contact me, I run an organization called Small World News, we have worked on projects and collaborations in India, Iraq, and Mexico as well as working on some others. We would like very much to see how we can help your efforts, and perhaps work with one or two of your students on an ongoing basis. I think we may be able to use our network to get cameras donated as well as money and possibly other needs.

regards
Brian

Founder

Small World News

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