The maze of streets around Port-Au-Prince all look very similar. Concrete and rubble spill into the street where a home or even a school once stood. Because many buildings have walls surrounding you can walk past a collapsed home without knowing. Only a crooked roof or partially destroyed wall will offer a clue to the destruction behind the wall. Due to the lack of machinery people must dig through the rubble by hand.
The images below were captured in a small town named Carrefour located just east of Port-Au-Prince. February 10, 2010
A man digs through the rubble of a destroyed building near Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
The top floor of a two story home is visible behind a wall that guards this home in Port-Au-Prince
A basketball goal stands behind a collapsed school. Schools in Haiti have morning and afternoon sessions so many students were in school when the earthquake struck.
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Earl, I know it is hard to image unless one has been there and seen and heard and smelled for himself. But your images portray the essence of the destruction there — and that is certainly close to overwhelming.
Thanks for going “in our stead” and for all you do around the world.