In the first days following the earthquake in Haiti there was ruin and desperation everywhere. Survival and death were side by side on the streets, broken bodies and dead ones, shanty shelters and collapsed buildings. The country’s infrastructure like the Justice Ministry, pancaked and non-functional. These are some images of my first day of coverage.
Red Cross Distribution at Camp Simon at the edge of Port-au-Prince, Haiti from Carl Hersh on Vimeo.
The American Red Cross supported the International Red Cross by handling aid distributions. This video documents one of the early distribution of personal supplies in a small camp in Port-au-Prince.