Rescue workers struggle to clear rubble and bodies from the streets of Haiti's "flattened" capital, where a government official said the death toll from Tuesday's 7.0-magnitude earthquake may exceed 100,000.Thousands of injured people waited for care outside badly damaged hospitals, while an unknown number remained trapped inside collapsed buildings. Basic services like water and electricity were out, and Haitian President Rene Preval said his government needs help clearing streets so rescuers can reach some of the hardest-hit areas.
"We need medicine. We need medical help in general," Preval told CNN. "Some of the hospitals, they collapsed."Phone lines are down as well. So it is extremely difficult to those not in Haiti to speak with their loved ones.
The Dominican Republic was the first country to give aid to Haiti in the aftermath of Tuesday's devastating earthquake. They set aside historic tensions, rushes heavy equipment to Haiti to help remove earthquake debris.
Superstar musician Wyclef Jean, a native of Haiti, has helped raise over $400,000 for his native country, thanks to text-message donations. Jean and the Miami-based Give On The Go campaign joined forces to encourage people from around the world to send a text message of "Yele" to 501501 on their mobile device which would then charge $5 to the donor's cellular phone bill.Responding to the devastation from the Haiti earthquake, Obama administration officials on Wednesday temporarily suspended deportations of illegal immigrants from that country.
While still helping the relief, there are others that may say Haiti's energy and old ways may have caused this. American televangelist, Pat Robertson, has everyone wide eyed as some of his recent comments on the quake. Robertson said Haiti has had a "pack with the devil" for years while commenting on CBN News. You can watch the video below.
AGAIN, TO HELP GET RELIEF TO HAITI PLEASE TEXT "Yele" to 501501 to donate $5.
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