Text Relief: Haitian Disaster Requires Our Response
Benz crushed under rubble in Port-au-Prince
By Gunnar Heinrich | IMG Orlando Barria, European Press Photo Agency via NYT
PROOF that not even Stuttgart’s stoutest can withstand Mother Nature’s devastating hand, this W123 gen. Mercedes 240D caved.
Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere.
That the country’s sovereignty is held by a highly soluble membrane of organized crime, botched colonialist meddling, and inner-bureaucratic corruption is really not the point; except to highlight that Haitians have been long suffering.
The magnitude seven earthquake has left untold thousands dead and has crippled an already fallen state.
Please support our fellow man by donating to the relief efforts.
The Red Cross is accepting donations via SMS mobile texts. Apparently, their supplies have been extremely taxed by this enormous disaster.
About the Author: Gunnar Heinrich is publisher of Automobiles De Luxe online and is executive producer of the Automobiles De Luxe Television series on PBS member station CPTV.
eggsngrits | Jan 14, 2010 | Reply
Agreed. Love the sentence describing the government situation. Well-put. The reason that it’s in focus now that wide-spread corruption leads to feckless response to crises such as this.
Gunnar | Jan 14, 2010 | Reply
All their government structures seemed to have collapsed. The Haitian president seemed particularly distraught about his palace.