NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Some individuals in New York’s Little Haiti neighborhood are frantically making an attempt to get involved with their family members who’re nonetheless in Haiti after a lethal earthquake rocked the nation Saturday morning.
Thus far, that 7.2 earthquake has claimed the lives of over 220 individuals.
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The earthquake left vital harm largely within the southern a part of the nation, but it surely was so highly effective, a Brooklyn man felt it whereas visiting within the northern a part of Haiti.
He informed CBS2’s Cory James it reminded him of the earthquake 11 years in the past that killed his then-wife.
“I take the new child and I name my little lady, Rhiannna, inform her depart the home proper now. There’s an earthquake proper now, depart, depart, and I run away,” Enock Lubin stated. “I keep in mind the earthquake in 2010, and now I see it once more and I used to be right here for 2 weeks and I see once more and I used to be actually scared … As a result of, you realize, the primary earthquake in 2010, I misplaced my child mama, the mom of my daughter, I misplaced her.”
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Lubin says his present spouse and two youngsters are protected.
That earthquake in 2010 killed about 250,000 individuals and the island continues to be recovering from it.
What occurred Saturday morning is setting the nation again much more, and solely a short while after its president was assassinated.
Mayor Invoice de Blasio reacted on Twitter, saying, “Completely devastating information. The individuals of Haiti are resilient however have endured far an excessive amount of tragedy. We’re working with neighborhood leaders to get rapid help to Haiti. Chirlane and I are protecting our Haitian neighbors in New York and on the island in our ideas and prayers.”
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