In a South Florida suburb with deep ties to the town in Haiti hard hit by Saturday's powerful quake, many are worried about their families. “People lost everything” said Osambert Jean, whose brother lives in their Haitian hometown Les Cayes.
“Each one of them has bad news: My family is injured or my house collapsed,” said Jean, a Haitian-born insurance agent in Boynton Beach whose brother lives in Les Cayes, Haiti. “People lost everything — everything.”
“This is something that is personal. We know some of these people. We have interacted with them. For me, this is my family,” said Christina Romelus, a city commissioner of Haitian descent, whose husband lost three relatives in the earthquake. “You are seeing that feeling of ‘there’s no where to go now. Home is destroyed. Home is gone.’”
Joseph said she could not sleep Monday night after seeing images of children and elderly people standing outside in the rain as Tropical“It was painful to watch,” Joseph said. “We are devastated and heartbroken. I had zero sleep. I just couldn’t.”
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