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January 13th, 2010
06:35 AM ET
For further information and help in Haiti
The State Department has set up a hot-line for information on family members in Haiti:
Call 1888-407-4747
If you want to help, you can text 'Haiti' to 90999 to donate ten dollars to emergency relief efforts. Your cell phone will be charged the bill.
You can also make donations at unicefusa.org
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What I would like to know where is our Corps of Engineers to get heavy equip in to Haiti and make temporary bridges or roads to get these big containers in to Haiti for relief. Come on if we can build dams and bridges we can do this. This is not an excuse and we need to forget Security. Get thes people to schools and let the schools go to gyms or something. They need to be put into large buildings that are open in shopping centers or whatever. We did it in Homestead, Katrinia let us do it here. Get them to FL and then send them on up the coast in FL. Let us get this job done NOW
I am praying for God to forgive them, too many saints, righteousness is paying for the wickedness. My request to the Americans is to stay in Haiti to do a good work as God leads them. Its for American to open their eyes for so many years they helping Haiti and nothing gets better because those that call themselves leaders are pocketing the money and do not care for the poor. Haiti will never get better until American takes it over like they did P.Rico. These people do not have no heart to help their country men. I repeat America needs to take over control of every penny donated in Haiti and all the work. God send the flood last year as a smell they did not repent. This year God touch them with the earthquake to show them he is God that create Heaven and Earth. Please for God Sake Let the American Leaders do all the work construction and the medicals just for the safety of the people. This Country will never rebuilt until the American understand the curses of the Haitian culture. The reason France got out after too many massacres to the France that was helping them. Take over the country. Their are some in Haiti who are fake, liars and crooks with too many faces. May God continue bless you and give you spiritual eyes and understanding for the culture. Take over the Country. Thank you for the good job you doing, but you must take control of every single penny. Do not give it to them to do any work. They will make every dollar turn to 1,000,000. They are too wicked, Jesus is crying but they are blind and not understand God's sign. May God give you strength to go forward in this work and relief.
"90999" for Red Cross looks to be only for texting in the U.S.. ,but donations are for Haiti
You can also go to the International Red Cross site to donate funds for Haiti. The link is here:
http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList2/Help_the_ICRC?
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Does anyone know if this texting is only for USA or for anyone texting in the world?
yankeenovember, the $10 charge for texting to "90999" will go to relief efforts.
For CNN's list of vetted relief organization, please visit us at http://www.cnn.com/impact
Understandably this is a terrible situation. However, once again, it is America that comes to the rescue! As of yet I have not heard ANYTHING, about other countries/nations, getting ready to provide aid & comfort? Don't get me wrong. WE have always been the nation to help others, but I am getting so tired and fed up with the "only we can help".
This is a natural disaster that has affected millions of Haitians, "HUMAN
BEINGS" and EVERYONE should be rushing to provide help, in whatever form they can. Politics, etc., should not be involved in incidents of this kind! I do like Kathie's comment about the bankers donating their bonus's!
Where are the people going that are walking past the Palace in your clip. It appears that they are going to work with backpacks and do not look traumatized by the site of the Palace collapsed. Why can't helicopters drop medical and food supplies from Dom. Rep.
Phone companies charging ten dollars per text is akin to families of blood sucking leeches. Shame on you!
John, Kirya,
SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE ASKING WHY SHIPS HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN ORDERED?!?!? HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE AIRPORT!!!!! Ships will take longer than planes so they need to get them moving lke the Comfort
Its a shame that it takes something like Haiti for CNN to get off of Reid, over, and over, and over, and over again.
a big thanks to all the people americans for your suport extraordinary you know when the people americans sulphur and in the sorrow the people haitians also are in the sorrow all the haitians in the worl to look a solution for this country again thanks to all
Ask the Wall Street bankers to donate their bonuses to the Haitian relief effort!
Americares is often the first aid organization into a devastated area such as Haiti. They are stepping up, yet again. http://www.americares.org
I know the earthquake in Haiti is an instance of unpredictability so I can understand why there is panic. But I have families in Haiti that are doing their best to help the people around them by giving medicines etc,,, The issue that is arising is the news reporting is causing a lot of hysteria because of the emphasis being put on the wrong places such as Haiti is the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, or saying that there are serious serious damages. All those type of comments by newscasters are not comforting nor encouraging. What I think you guys should do is to report on the effort undertaken by people to help Haiti and to wait and report the news little by little in order for it to be wholesome and beneficial.