Jean Baptiste Vanice of Haiti recieved a text message on Tuesday from her 12-year-old son saying 'where are you?' She has not seen her son or heard of him since. She had dropped him off for music class and was told that he left with a teacher or another student and was not at the music school when the 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck. Somehow, Jean believes her son is still trapped in the school and does not stop searching for him. There are many men digging through rubble trying to save survivors themselves because no aid or help has been coming from anywhere and they can hear voices. One many heard a young boy's voice and a womans voice in the rubble 30 ft down and cannot seem to dig them up out of the rubble. As of thursday the young boy was unresponsive. Jean Baptiste Vanice misses her son terribly and does not know what to do with herself anymore.
Most of these blogs are about Haiti and the earth quake. Although research is interesting and useful, I prefer to read the more personal articles. It is extremely sad what all is happening in Haiti and because it is so far away, reading personal stories get me that much closer to the real deal and understanding. I cannot imagine the feeling this mother must be experiencing to not know where her son it. It may even be better if she knows that he is no longer alive and can find his body. The whole not knowing part is what tears me apart. I believe it is extremely sad how men are rummaging through rubble days after the earth quake and no help has yet arrived. This just comes to show how much the United States is needed. We need to send in help and rescue services and stop stories like Jean Baptiste Vanice's from ever happening.
Tim Lukes' Blog related to Haiti earthquake
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/14/haiti.anguished.mother/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29
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