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Haiti Earthquake
Port-au-Prince was alive with hope and hardship, but danger lay hidden in plain sight. The ground beneath Haiti’s capital seemed steady—until the day it was not.In the years before disaster, Port-au-Prince was a city growing fast, but never quite safely. People came in search of work and stability, settling wherever shelter was possible. The result was a landscape built on improvisation. Neighborhoods crowded into hills and valleys, with homes rising floor by floor, often without the strength to withstand a crisis. Public systems were thin, private resources stretched, and the city’s…
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