Haiti

When it comes to a catastrophe of the magnitude of Haiti's, such things as caskets and embalming are luxuries. It's just easier to toss the bodies into a big hole and bury them.

This goes against Haitian culture, which values burial of the dead.
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Fears of violence remain:





Here is this incredible story about Jeanette, who was pulled from the rubble SIX days after the earthquake:

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