There is no evidence that Donald Trump has ever in his
life performed a single selfless act, let alone any act of heroism. Probably he
wouldn’t be able even to imagine the nobility of character I witnessed among
Port-au-Prince residents after the earthquake, and among “alien” activists like
Ravi and Jean here in New York.
By David L. Wilson, MR Online
January 14, 2018
Exactly eight years ago, on January 12, 2010, I happened to
be in Port-au-Prince when a major earthquake struck southern Haiti, killing
tens or hundreds of thousands of people.
That night and in the five days that followed I saw a few
Haitians acting selfishly, but mostly I watched and interviewed people trying
to help each other, many of them digging through rubble with hand tools or bare
fingers, sometimes endangering themselves in attempts to rescue friends,
neighbors, and even complete strangers.[…]
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| Miami commemoration of the 2010 earthquake. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images |
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