Summer 2010 - Northwestern College

Summer 2010 - Northwestern College Summer 2010 - Northwestern College

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COVER STORYRebuildingHaitiAfter a devastating earthquake hits an alreadydestitute nation, members of the Northwesternfamily find ways to helpb y An i t a Ci r u l i sBryan Den Hartog was thrown from hisseat on the bus when the earthquakestruck. As the vehicle shook violently,he looked out the windows and saw buildingsand trees mirroring the bus’ movements. Acrossthe mission compound, his father was on theground, trying to get up on all fours since it wasimpossible to stand. Shockwaves moved throughthe earth like waves on water.Then everything stopped. Stunned, DenHartog and his mission team colleagues emergedfrom the bus and looked out over Port-au-Prince,Haiti. Huge fissures split the walls around thecompound. Dust rose over the city. Then camethe cries of people trapped under the rubble.Rubble in a Port-au-Prince market is evidence of the power ofa quake that claimed at least 230,000 lives, injured another300,000, and left an estimated 1 million people homeless.JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images22 SUMMER 2010Northwestern Classic 23

COVER STORYRebuildingHaitiAfter a devastating earthquake hits an alreadydestitute nation, members of the <strong>Northwestern</strong>family find ways to helpb y An i t a Ci r u l i sBryan Den Hartog was thrown from hisseat on the bus when the earthquakestruck. As the vehicle shook violently,he looked out the windows and saw buildingsand trees mirroring the bus’ movements. Acrossthe mission compound, his father was on theground, trying to get up on all fours since it wasimpossible to stand. Shockwaves moved throughthe earth like waves on water.Then everything stopped. Stunned, DenHartog and his mission team colleagues emergedfrom the bus and looked out over Port-au-Prince,Haiti. Huge fissures split the walls around thecompound. Dust rose over the city. Then camethe cries of people trapped under the rubble.Rubble in a Port-au-Prince market is evidence of the power ofa quake that claimed at least 230,000 lives, injured another300,000, and left an estimated 1 million people homeless.JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images22 SUMMER <strong>2010</strong><strong>Northwestern</strong> Classic 23

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