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Haiti, earthquake survivors pray | | Society | 13-01-2011, 16:15 |  48  609 |
| Haitians spent the anniversary of the worst natural disaster in their country's history remembering the dead and thanking God or luck or strong cement for saving their own lives, “The Washington Post” speaks about this.
“At 4:53 p.m. - the moment the earthquake struck last year - in the hard-hit Fort National neighborhood, life went on. Kids flew kites. A one-armed beggar asked for a dollar. Mothers stood outside their tin-can houses. Someone shouted in lament and praise, "Oh Jesus!" On a bulletin board, people pinned pictures of their lost friends.
With shops closed and traffic light, Haitians streamed down the streets in spontaneous processions, women wearing white, holding their children's hands, men in crisp shirts and ties, the clothes they would wear to church or a funeral.
They went to the ruins of the National Cathedral, to pray the rosary at its front steps. The building is now a gutted, roofless shell. Some worshipers began to weep and shout out as they approached. At Saint Antoine de Padoue, they held Mass in an alley. "A day nobody can forget, no matter how young, even my son," said Carline Amazan, who held a young boy's hand and recalled how people ran naked through streets,” – informs “The Washington Post”.
The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that killed an estimated 230,000 was the coming of the apocalypse thiat was the thought of many Haitians at that day.
“On the site where the government's tax ministry building collapsed a year ago, President Rene Preval laid a stone in concrete to commemorate the start of construction of the January 12, 2010, Memorial Park.
Workers released white balloons as performers sang lyrics that spoke to their sadness at not being able to properly bury their dead. "Will you forgive us?" they sang,” – says “The Washington Post”.
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