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"The tendency for a lot of people is to hide under the bed. It's usually political trouble -- you run outside, you get shot," said [Jean-Paul], a native of Haiti and retired social studies teacher at Windsor Park Collegiate.
His wife is a nurse in the emergency room at Concordia Hospital, Jean-Paul said: "That is a very good person to have beside you after an earthquake."The family spent two nights sleeping on the street, which gave them a brief taste of what it's like to be homeless. "I wish I had that experience before I went into teaching," Jean-Paul said.See the full content of this document
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Political Violence Bred Fatal Habit
Many felt safer indoors in quake
Decades of political violence doomed many Haitians to death in this month's earthquake because they ha...See the full content of this document
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