HAITI / MONTANA HOTEL

International rescue teams arrive in Haiti , where tens of thousands of people are feared to be dead after a 7.0 earthquake struck on Tuesday (12 Jan).

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:52
• Production Date: 14 January 2010
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; DISASTER RELIEF; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• Geographic Subject: HAITI; UNITED NATIONS STABILIZATION MISSION IN HAITI - MINUSTAH
• MAMS Id: U100114k

Description

STORY: HAITI / MONTANA HOTEL
TRT : 1.52
SOURCE: MINUSTAH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / NATS

DATELINE: 14 JANUARY 2010 , PORT -AU-PRINCE , HAITI

Shotlist

1. Various shots, destruction at the Montana Hotel with 200 people inside
2. Various shots, French civil protection crew unloading equipment at the Montana hotel
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Michele Gilbert, French civil protection crew:
"We brought heavy digging equipment, and listening equipment. We have sino-technical equipment, and search dogs. We have doctors and nurses, and medical material."
4. Various shots, damage at the Montana Hotel
5. Med shot, shoe of a victim stuck in the hole
6. Various shots, Chilean peackeepers treat a little girl who was dragged out of the rubble after 2 days inside
7. Various shots, bodies on the road, and people walking with masks
8. Various shots, citizens digging graves there is no state authority and thousands of bodies

Storyline

International rescue teams arrived today in Haiti , where tens of thousands of people are feared to be dead after a 7.0 earthquake struck on Tuesday (12 Jan).

Members of the French Civil Security rescue team based in Brignolles hit the ground ready for search, rescue, and recovery operations.

Michele Gilbert, one of the members of the French crew said that they brought heavy digging and listening equipment, adding that they also had doctors, nurses and medical equipment to treat the victims.

The Hotel Montana had 300 people in it when the earthquake struck, 100 managed to escape, 200 people remain trapped inside.

A Chilean contingent of U.N. peacekeepers, many of whom arrived just last week, helped excavate rubble at the hotel Montana and pulled people alive, including this young child.

Many people found themselves digging graves since there is no state authority left and there are thousands of bodies are scattered on the streets.

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