A reader writes:
Just found out, via Facebook of all places, that an American friend of mine, a young PhD student, is okay. Her status 11 hours ago:
alive. was on the top floor, building completely collapsed. i was trapped but pulled out. molly was on the 5th floor. i'm at the embassy and have some broken bones/cuts but ok. don't know when i will be evacuated. the after shocks are intense. please please pray for molly that she has the same luck as me to be pulled from the wreckage. please.
Shortly after, she posted:
i was in petionville, closer to downtown & the epicenter. the orphanage was further away but no idea yet. nobody here knows anything. i'm the only injured u.s. citizen who's made it to the embassy. roads are destroyed, no idea how my angels got me here. we're expecting people to arrive once it's light out.
5 hours ago:
more injured u.s. citizens have arrived at the embassy and are doing fine. so am I. still no word on evacuation, still no molly or the other two american volunteers in the building. pray, hope, plead.
She and friends have been volunteering in Haiti for the last few weeks. I can’t even imagine what they are experiencing right now. Thankfully we were able to find out she was okay via Facebook. We can only hope her friend is safe as well.
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