Summary:
Workers have been creating mass graves using earth-movers to bury approximately 10,000 bodies a day. The mass graves are about 25 feet deep and 15 feet wide. One of the workers said that he had not seen so many dead children in his life and that at night he sometimes would have nightmares. Since there are so many bodies to bury, there isn't enough time to have the proper religious burials. Nor enough time to make graves shallow enough for individuals to recover them. Since earthquake hit approximently 200,00 Haitians have died, 80,000 are reported to be put to rest in mass graves and 2 million roaming the streets for new hope.
Reflection:
This is very unfortunate that so many Haitians have to be put to rest like this. There's not that many solutions I can think of to help make things better, because there can't be dead bodies lying all over the place. The fact that there are multiple mass graves out there is very surprising. I didn't really realize how many people have died and how many people do not have nowhere to go.
Evidence:
"I have seen so many children, so many children. I cannot sleep at night and, if I do, it is a constant nightmare," said Foultone Fequiert, 38, his face covered with a T-shirt against the overwhelming stench."
"We just dump them in, and fill it up," said Luckner Clerzier, 39, who was helping guide trucks to another grave site farther up the road."
"The next health risk could include outbreaks of diarrhea, respiratory tract infections and other diseases among hundreds of thousands of Haitians living in overcrowded camps with poor or nonexistent sanitation," said Dr. Greg Elder, deputy operations manager for Doctors Without Borders in Haiti."
Questions:
What do earth-movers look like?
How many mass graves were created because of the earthquake?
Is there a chance that they'll run out of space?
Have the percentage of bodies come down?
Will the workers job end anytime soon?
Works Cited:
"Haiti's Mass Graves Swell." Melena and Haven, Mike and Paul. 21 Jan. 2010. 5 Feb. 2010. The Associated Press. BET.<http://www.bet.com/Specials/helphaiti/news/helphaiti_news_haitismassgravesswell.htm?wbc_purpose=Basic&WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished&Referrer=%7B9E4DD346-6FE0-4CBF-B587-61CA79D77A02%7D>
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