Heart-Breaking Photos

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http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latest-news/red-cross-estimates-quake-killed-50000-obama-pledges-100-million-aid

January 14th, 2010 6:34 PM
Red Cross estimates quake killed up to 50,000; Obama pledges $100 million in aid
By Mary Beth Sheridan, Debbi Wilgoren and William Branigin / Washington Post
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Hundreds of U.S. Army paratroopers began flowing into Haiti on Thursday as the death toll from Tuesday's devastating earthquake climbed and international relief workers stepped up efforts to rescue people trapped under tons of rubble.
Amid what appeared to be growing public frustration with the Haitian government's inability to mount any organized relief operation, search-and-rescue teams from the United States and various other countries carried out the grueling, painstaking work of extricating people from the wreckage, joining Haitian civilians who have been digging people out with their bare hands since the 7.0 magnitude quake struck shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday.
In Washington, President Obama pledged $100 million in aid to support what he called one of the largest international relief efforts in history, and the Department of Health and Human Services said it is deploying more than 250 personnel to Haiti and could send 12,000 more in the coming days.
According to Haitian officials, including a national Red Cross coordinator, as many as 50,000 people may have been killed in the quake, which reduced much of the Haitian capital to ruin.
The U.S. troops from the 82nd Airborne Division flew to Haiti Thursday afternoon, while some 2,000 Marines prepared to load up on three ships for deployment to aid the devastated country...

[YOY]

1. Knee deep in the dead.

I can only imagine the suffering of the living.

[hlthe2b]

2. There are no words...

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Only tears...

[UrbScotty]

3. ...

[DisgustedInMN]

5. Hard to comprehend.

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[muffin1]

6. Horrible, just horrible.

:cry:

[lame54]

7. ...

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