It was nearly five o'clock in the afternoon when a debastating earthquake hit Haiti, destroying nearly every building in the island country's capital, Port-au-Prince. More than 230,000 people were killed as structures collapsed. Many more were trapped under debris, some of them seriously injured.
Among the buried survivors was a young man named Wismond who had been working in a small shop inside a hotel. After the quake hit, he found himself trapped under rubble for almost 11 days.
Luckily, countries and organizations around the world rushed to bring aid to Haiti. Rescuers and doctors arrived by air and sea along with medical supplies, food, and clean water. Read how their life-saving efforts helped Wismond and other escape death in this stirring account of one of the worst disasters of all time.
ISBN-13: 9781936088669
Availability: Temporarily out of stock
Published: February 2011
Reading Level: Primary
Pages: 32
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
Product Category: Geography & Environment / Geo/Env: Environment/Ecology / Geo/Env: EE - Disaster Natural