| A fatal fire in Haiti - July 17, 2003 |
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| Leonie Janvier, 32, crying at left, who lost US$1,200 worth of cosmetics,
and Jean Paul Desire, next to her, a blue jeans salesman who lost all of his stock, sit at
the National Palace in a meeting between the hundreds of street merchants and wholesalers
who lost all their goods in the massive arson fire which raged through the Marche du Gare
marketplace today, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday, July 17, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel
Morel) |
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| Janine Gilles looks at the remains of her rice stand which was destroyed
yesterday when a massive arson fire consumed the old Gare du Nord marketplace in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday, July 18, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Haitian men and boys try to put out the fires burning piles of charcoal
from the charcoal wholesale section of the old Gare du Nord marketplace which was consumed
in a massive arson fire yesterday, in hopes of salvaging some for themselves in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday, July 18, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Antionette Leon squabbles with another woman as she tries to gather up
scraps of charcoal from the area of the charcoal wholesale section of the old Gare du Nord
marketplace which was consumed in a massive arson fire yesterday, in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, on Friday, July 18, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Haitian men and boys try to put out the fire from burning piles of
charcoal from the charcoal wholesale section of the old Gare du Nord marketplace which was
consumed in a massive arson fire yesterday, in hopes of salvaging some for themselves in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday, July 18, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| The fatal fire of July 17, 2003. The poor are now even poorer while
bestial and grand thief Jean-Bertrand Aristide continues to circulate in his private
helicopter, July 18, 2003. |
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| Haitian scavengers salvage sheet metal, beans, charcoal and other goods,
as well as bricks from the old train station the day after a massive arson fire destroyed
the old Gare du Nord marketplace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday, July 18, 2003. (AP
Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Marcela Duval tries to salvage some of the cornmeal burned and then
doused in water by firemen at the old Gare du Nord marketplace which was consumed in a
massive arson fire yesterday, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday, July 18, 2003. (AP
Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Junior Elyse tries to salvage some rice from his stand which was destroyed along with
almost all of his stock when a massive arson fire consumed the old Gare du Nord
marketplace yesterday, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday, July 18, 2003. (AP
Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Young men sift through charcoal dust in search of a few chunks of charcoal to sell
amidst the rubble and charred remains of the fire which swept through the Marche du Gare
marketplace on Thursday, destroying stands, depots and buildings and the livelihoods of
hundreds of merchants, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Saturday, July 19, 2003. (AP
Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| A speech-impaired boy rests after digging for a few chunks of charcoal to sell amidst
the charred remains of the Marche du Gare marketplace destroyed by a massive fire on
Thursday which consumed stands, depots and buildings and devasted hundreds of merchants,
in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Saturday, July 19, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Rice sellers from Haiti's Artibonite Valley sit where their rice stands once stood
before a fire swept through the Marche du Gare marketplace on Thursday, destroying stands,
depots and buildings and the livelihoods of hundreds of merchants, in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, on Saturday, July 19, 2003. The women said they attempted to get financial help
from the state bank, as President Jean- Bertrand Aristide promised in a highly publicized
meeting, but they were turned away. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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