Stories of hope, sadness emerge from earthquake ruins in Haiti

Submitted on January 14, 2010
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By Nancy Frazier O'Brien and Dennis Sadowski | Catholic News Service
Destroyed buildings are seen Jan. 13 after a massive earthquake hit Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince. The death toll in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake could run to tens of thousands of people. An estimate 3 million others will require emergency assista nce, according to aid groups.
Destroyed buildings are seen Jan. 13 after a massive earthquake hit Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince. The death toll in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake could run to tens of thousands of people. An estimate 3 million others will require emergency assista nce, according to aid groups.
CNS photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters

The following is a collection of vignettes from Haiti:

Earthquake claims life of first Haitian-born Salesian brother

One of the tens of thousands of victims in the Haitian earthquake was Salesian Brother Hubert Sanon, 85.

Salesian Father Mark Hyde, executive director of the Salesian Missions based in New Rochelle, N.Y., said Brother Hubert was the first Haitian to become a Salesian brother.

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