Complete coverage: Haiti hit by quake
A 7.0 earthquake, one of the most powerful ever in the region, rocked the tiny, impoverished island nation of Haiti Jan. 12. The presidential palace and many other buildings collapsed, triggering what one diplomat called a "catastrophe."
Photo credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams Jr. | A young girl stays close to her mother in the pediatric tent while waiting to be seen by the doctor at General Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The country was struck Jan. 12 by a devastating earthquake. (Jan. 26, 2010)
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article Nassau 2/13/10 Elite NY team led rescue of 2 children in Haiti New York Task Force 1 rescued 7-year-old Kiki Joachin form the ruble in Haiti. ...
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article World 2/12/10 NYC Mass planned for 1-month Haiti anniversary New York City’s Haitian community is thought to be close to 400,000. The largest concentration ...
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article World 2/6/10 Charging patients? UN slams Haitian hospitals U.N. officials told The Associated Press that about a dozen hospitals — both public and ...
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article World 2/6/10 Heartbreak is personal for LI docs, nurses in Haiti Newsday follows the journey of a group of medical professionals from Long Island in Haiti. ...
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article World 2/5/10 Home to Haiti: About this project Health reporter Ridgely Ochs has been with Newsday since 1979. Last year, she wrote “The ...
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article World 2/5/10 In their own words: Long Island doctors and nurses in Haiti Quotes from six of the LI Haitian-American nurses and doctors who traveled to Haiti to ...
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article World 2/5/10 Haiti's history, and statistics on the country Haiti before and after the earthquake. ...
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article Boys Basketball 2/6/10 Remler steps up with 'Hoops for Haiti' The Port Washington basketball player organized a fundraiser called "Hoops for Haiti." ...
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article Boys Basketball 2/6/10 Hempstead's Pierre stoic during Haiti ordeal It was after basketball practice on the night of Jan. 12 that Ismael Pierre received ...
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article Nation 2/4/10 Attorney: U.S. Baptists charged with child kidnap Ten members of a U.S. missionary group were charged Thursday with child kidnapping. ...
Haiti Doctors
Haiti Doctors
LI medical professionals helping in Haiti
Photos: Charles Eckert in Haiti for Newsday

