Queens community leaders, clergy members and a host of elected officials on Thursday, Aug. 19, held a candlelight vigil outside the headquarters of Haitian Americans United for Progress, Inc. (HAUP) in Queens Village for victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti.
Eleven years after a magnitude 7.0 temblor devastated Haiti, killing more than 200,000 people, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean island on the morning of Saturday, Aug. 14, causing widespread destruction. As of press time, the death toll had climbed to nearly 2,200 and more than 9,000 Haitians have been injured, with tens of thousands of Haitians left homeless.
