Monday, January 20, 2014

Haiti marks 4th anniversary of devastating quake

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haitians paused Sunday to remember the tens of thousands of people who died in a catastrophic earthquake four years ago, holding sombre low-key commemorations on a national day of reflection.

President Michel Martelly and first lady Sophia Martelly placed a bouquet of white flowers at a potter's field north of the capital of Port-au-Prince that is being turned into an official memorial for those killed.

The pair observed a minute of silence facing a plaque placed at a large piece of rubble, with the inscription: "Jan. 12, 2010. We will never forget you."

Martelly said much had been accomplished since the disaster.

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