“TV doesn’t do justice to how
widespread the damage is,”
Maine’s Coast Guard commander says
Before he left for Haiti, Capt. James McPherson of Kittery was given a little toy shark by his 5-year-old son, Connor.
McPherson, commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector Northern New England in Portland and South Portland, gave the shark to a 4-year-old boy near the American embassy in Port-au-Prince. The little boy, covered with dust from the ruined city, plays with the toy all day.
McPherson is amazed at how well the children of Port-au-Prince are rebounding from the earthquake that destroyed their city.
“They’re just completely resilient. But it makes you wonder – what’s his future, what’s going to happen from here?” said McPherson.
Click on this link for the rest of today’s story by Matt Wickenheiser of the Portland Press Herald.
My name is Keith Michaud and this is “Letters From Away,” a blog written by a Mainer living outside the comfortable and sane confines of New England. The blog is intended for Mainers, whether they live in the Pine Tree State or beyond, and for anyone who has loved ’em, been baffled by ’em or both. Ayuh, I am “from away.” Worse still, I live on the Left Coast – in California. Enjoy! Or not. Your choice.
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