People pass by a house whose interiors are exposed from Tuesday's earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 12, 2010. Tens of thousands of people were feared dead on Wednesday in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake, buried beneath demolished schools, hospitals, and homes, and traumatized citizens milled in streets strewn with rubble and scattered bodies.
Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the official international humanitarian agency of the U.S. Catholic Church, is responding to victims of the massive earthquake in Haiti. CRS Country Representative in Haiti, Karel Zelenka, described Port-au-Prince as "covered with a plume of dust from damaged buildings."
"I've been in earthquakes before, but I've never felt anything like this," Zelenka said, speaking from the city of two million people. "This was a major hit. And it was direct. We should be prepared for thousands and thousands of dead and injured."
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