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“My seven-year-old said he will only go to school if I sit beside him,” said Jean “Neil” Moretta,
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Neil “Junior” and his mother, Kateline, were at her aunt’s house when the 12 January earthquake struck, so were unharmed when their apartment building collapsed. But Neil “Junior” is still distraught about losing his home. Luckily, the grown-up Neil had had a house built in Port-au-Prince and already was in the process of moving his family there. So he’s optimistic things will settle down for his son very soon.
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The first days and weeks after the quake were not easy for Neil. He swiftly relocated his wife and son to their new home. He helped pay for emergency medical treatment for his wife’s first cousin, Danny, whose leg was crushed when her building collapsed, killing her 5-month-old baby and her aunt. Neil stayed by her side as volunteer Cuban doctors amputated her leg the day after the earthquake. The surgery was performed under a tent outside the city’s general hospital. With no anaesthesia.
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