With the capital in ruins, residents of northern Haiti continue to struggle

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Bob Roller | CNS

MILOT, Haiti -- Fresnel Vildor studied civil engineering in Port-au-Prince until the Jan. 12 earthquake leveled his private university. His "well-built" home withstood the magnitude 7 quake, but he was left with no place to study, no food, no water and no money.

After five desperate days and no signs of imminent improvement in Port-au-Prince, he boarded a bus with more than 100 other passengers for a 24-hour trip -- nearly three-times the usual duration -- to his hometown, Milot, in northern Haiti.

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