A Race Against Time to Get Help to Haitians
U.N. makes an emergency appeal for earthquake victims. But the damage in Port-au-Prince has slowed efforts to distribute aid and reach the trapped and untreated. Transcript of radio broadcast:
15 January 2010
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.
Food. Water. Medicine. Hope. All that and more is urgently needed after a powerful earthquake wrecked much of Haiti's capital on Tuesday.
A Spanish rescuer carries 2-year-old Redjeson Hausteen Claude from a wrecked home in Port-au-Prince ThursdayBodies lay in the streets of Port-au-Prince. Some estimates are as high as one hundred thousand dead. Each passing hour cuts the chances of survival for the trapped and untreated.
Other countries moved quickly to send rescuers and supplies. But the airport is damaged and crowded with planes. The main seaport was also damaged. Blocked roads and limited communications have only further slowed aid efforts. Anger is a growing concern.
President Obama announced an immediate one hundred million dollars for relief efforts. Thousands of American troops should be in the area by Monday. An aircraft carrier and more helicopters arrived Friday, and a hospital ship is expected by the end of next week.
People have donated millions of dollars through text messages to the Red Cross and other aid groups. But the public was warned to be careful of false appeals.
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