STORY: HAITI/ CATHEDRAL PORT MORGUE
TRT: 2.27
SOURCE: MINUSTAH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: CREOLE/ NATS
DATELINE: 15 JANUARY 2010, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
SHOTLIST:
1.
Wide shot, exterior of the remains of the cathedral in Port-au-Prince
2.
Wide shot, interior of the cathedral
3.
Pan right: sweeping interior of the cathedral in rubble
4.
Wide shot, Haitian flag hanging on the rubble
5.
Wide shot, exterior of the cathedral
6.
Wide shot, body lying outside the cathedral
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Tilt up, from coffin to residents trying to clear away a cadaver
8.
Close up, hand of a victim in front of a gas station
9.
Close up, residents walking the streets with masks
10.
Wide shot, huge crack in the unloading area of the port
11.
Wide shot, destroyed cargo ship unloading equipment
12.
Wide shot, destroyed gangway of the port
13.
Wide shot, massive crack in the unloading area of the port
14.
Wide shot, debris at port
15.
Wide shot, port waterfront
16.
Wide shot, residential neighborhood in the capital
17.
Med shot, residents trying to clear away rubble
18.
Close up, government tractor clearing rubble
19.
Wide shot, government tractor clearing rubble
20.
Close up, tractor operator
21.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Jean Michelet Cadet, Local Official (Carrefour
neighborhood):
"We are working with no resources. But if there were a chance that the international
community could send us some help, we would be grateful."
22.
Zoom out, entrance to the city morgue, with bodies piled outside
23.
Pan left, hundreds of bodies piled up in front of the morgue, decaying in the sun
24.
Med shot, hundreds of decayed bodies in front of the morgue
25.
Pan left, thousands of decayed bodies piled behind the morgue
26.
Zoom out, a man walks through a sea of bodies
STORYLINE:
A clearer picture of the massive devastation to the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince began
to emerge today (15 January) three days after a massive earthquake hit the impoverished
island nation.
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake is said to have affected one-third of Haiti’s 9-million
strong population. Many of the people in the hard-hit capital, Port-au-Prince, do not have
access to food, water, shelter and electricity.
The destruction included the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, built between
1884 and 1914, one of the most iconic buildings in the city. The Archbishop of Port-auPrince, Monsignor Joseph Serge Miot, was killed in the earthquake.
Else where in the city people struggled to obtain water, food and shelter while burying
the death and taking care of the injured. Hampering the relief effort was major damage to
city’s seaport, which was practically demolished, rendering it non-operational for the
time being.
UN emergency teams on the ground estimate that as many of half of the buildings in the
worst-hit areas of the capital have been damaged or destroyed.
With the airport’s capacity also limited, roads still blocked and the lack of transport and
fuel within Haiti, the logistical situation is a very difficult one.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Jean Michelet Cadet, Local Official (Carrefour neighborhood):
"We are working with no resources. But if there were a chance that the international
community could send us some help, we would be grateful."
Outside the city morgue, thousands of bodies piled up awaiting burial. Up to 100,000
people are estimated dead.
300 UN personnel are still missing or unaccounted for, with 36 military and civilian
MINUSTAH personnel, as well as one staff member with the UN World Food
Programme (WFP), having been confirmed to have died.