Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Backtracking on Fay

Haven't the people of Haiti suffered enough?

What more must they endure?


"Stronger Tropical Storm Fay crosses Keys; Expected to lash Fla. Gulf Coast as a hurricane" by Brian Skoloff, Associated Press | August 19, 2008

KEY WEST, Fla. - In Haiti, two babies were killed when a river surging with rain from Tropical Storm Fay toppled their overcrowded bus, a UN official said yesterday, raising the storm's Caribbean death toll to at least 14.

UN peacekeepers arrived at the scene and confirmed that 41 passengers made it out safely, contrary to earlier reports that at least 30-50 passengers were feared dead, said Fred Blaise, a spokesman for the United Nations police force in Haiti.

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