Haiti has been rocked by another earthquake as a new 6.1 aftershock shook the devastated country. The media has been criticized for their coverage of the survivors in Haiti. People who are struggling to survive with a lack of aid are being described as “looters”.
The US and international response so far has been massive — with warships heading to Port-au-Prince to deliver aid, food and medical drops by air, and military teams working to reopen the damaged port and keep aid flights cycling through the capital city’s one-runway airport.
That of course has not been enough for tens of thousands of Haitians, since many roads are still blocked and moving supplies from the airports to the people who need it most has been difficult. And the human need in Haiti and the way it’s being depicted have reopened the wounds from Katrina for many.
US rapper Kanye West touched off a small controversy five years ago when he bitterly complained about the way the press had covered Katrina on a telethon for its victims.
“I hate the way they portray us in the media,” he said at the time. “If you see a black family, it says they’re looting. See a white family, it says they’re looking for food.”[CSM]
This has raised a debate about the issue of race in the press coverage of the news story and Kanye West’s controversial comments about Hurricane Katrina. Should people who are placed in catastrophic situations be called “looters” if they need to get food and water to live?
A 69-year-old woman who spent a week buried under rubble in Haiti has spoken of her incredible escape as another earthquake rocked the disaster-struck country.
Ena Zizi said she was “all right, sort of” after being pulled from the wreckage of the main Roman Catholic Cathedral in Port-au-Prince.
Her rescue came a day before the latest tremor, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, struck about 35 miles north west of Port-au-Prince.
She said her faith as a Roman Catholic helped her through the ordeal, and added: “I talked only to my boss – God. And I didn’t need any more humans.”
Doctors said she was dehydrated, had a dislocated hip and a broken leg.
Elsewhere, two women were pulled free from a flattened university building and just before midnight on Tuesday, 26-year-old Lozama Hotteline was plucked to safety after being buried under a collapsed store.
There were no immediate reports of further casualties following the latest tremor – at about 6am local time (11am GMT) – but eye-witnesses said it led to widespread panic.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister said international coordination has to be improved to help deal with further disasters after the earthquake.
At Commons question time, Mr Brown paid tribute to those coping with the “still unfolding tragedy” in Haiti, and said: “We must, first, provide support; second, improve international coordination; and third, help get the government of Haiti back on its feet to be able to deliver reconstruction.”
He urged the setting-up of a UN reconstruction agency to provide a dedicated task force of professionals to deal with similar disasters in future. [AP]
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