Two more Canadians dead in Haiti
Posted Jan 16, 2010 10:17 am.
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The bodies of two more Canadians have been pulled from the rubble on the streets of Haiti in the wake of Tuesday’s devastating earthquake.
The deaths of Guillaume Siemienski and Helene Rivard raise the total number of Canadian fatalities to six. More than 1400 are still missing.
International aid is still making its way into the disaster zone and the help can’t come soon enough, as relief efforts have become a logistical nightmare.
The International Federation of the Red Cross is launching a convoy carrying a ‘massive amount of aid,’ which will make its way into Haiti through the Dominican Republic today.
The IFRC says the convoy is travelling on the ground because the airport is completely congested and it is now impossible for planes to land.
The aid includes a 50-bed field hospital, surgical teams, and an emergency telecommunications unit.
ABC’s Art Rascon is in Port-au-Prince and reports that more than 9,000 bodies have been buried so far.
For the first time bodies they’ve noticed bodies are finally being cleared from the streets. “As crude as it might sound, the bulldozers come in and scoop up dozens of bodies on street corners, put them in dumpsters and haul them away to be buried in mass graves.
Canada plans to deploy nearly 1,000 soldiers to Haiti to help in relief efforts.
U-S President Barack Obama is meeting with George W. Bush and Bill Clinton today, about long-term reconstruction in the country.
