little Lovely meets her saviors

Haiti Earthquake survivor Lovely Avelus finally meets her saviours
By Catherine Porter/Toronto Star

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI—Some mysteries are like religion. They linger, forever out of reach, promising only possibility and puzzle. Others are like calculus problems, requiring investigation and pencil scribbling before proffering concrete answers.

There are many mysteries about the story of Lovely Avelus and the earthquake that cleaved this country 21/2 years ago. How did her little 2-year-old body, so small and bird-boned, survive the weight of two stories of concrete without even a scratch? How then did she survive there, trapped for six days without food or water or someone to buoy her little spirit with songs of hope and solace?

a hero: Lalanne with his son and the pigeons he raises
Fort National, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

You can read the rest of the article here:
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/1233232--the-story-of-a-hero-in-haiti
You can see a slide show here:
http://www.thestar.com/photoplayer/1233231

Thanks to Ruth at http://thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com/ for pointing out this article.  Go read her blog, written from Haiti. It's good.