Haiti Earthquake: Desperation was setting in amongst traumatised Haitians last night as they spent a second day in the open with no help in sight after the catastrophic earthquake that devastated their country.
Tens of thousands are feared dead and countless numbers remain buried under the rubble, their hopes for survival fading with every passing hour.
Amongst the thousands missing are 16 British nationals. International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander said only half of the 32 Britons living in Port-au-Prince had made contact with the UK’s ambassador to Haiti.
“There are no indications of British casualties,” he added.
Even as a massive international aid operation swung into action and the first planes bearing rescue workers and thousands of tonnes of aid landed on the island, fugitives from the disaster wondered if they could survive another day in the open with food and only filthy water to drink.
Bodies lined the streets of the city, wrapped neatly in sheets and blankets while others could still be glimpsed underneath rubble, dust-covered lifeless limbs protruding from twisted metal and crumbled concrete.
Scores were loaded onto trucks to be removed who knew where? With many hospitals crushed and morgues ruined, there was nowhere for the hundreds of corpses to go.
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