Churches, groups worry about members missing in Haiti

Churches, groups worry about members missing in Haiti
by Caitlin Canavati - Monday, 18 January 2010, 05:20 PM
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Since the tuesdays earthquake in haiti took place, some Americans that were there have not been heard from. however, good reports are coming in and family members remain optimistic. an estimated 45,000 americans are in Haiti, and because of the communication breakdown its been hard to get in touch with many of them. a 15 person church group from New Jersey turned up after they had been missing for about 18 hours. also, two other americans were rescued from the rubble of their mission house. even though this is good news, there are still missing people such as another group from new jersey who were anticipated to arrive home 3 hours prior to the earthquake. family members are staying hopeful.

this is such a tragedy for this to happen in Haiti of all places, being a country that was already struggling. it will take a very long time for them to recover and they need all the help they can get. having so many americans there and some missing it would make sense that the U.S. would jump right in and help. i hope other countries are doing what they can to help Haiti out and hopefully the people who are missing can be located and family members can have some piece of mind.