Metropolis of Miramar to honor the 250,000 Haitians who perished within the 2010 earthquake

The Metropolis of Miramar will maintain a commemorative ceremony to honor the 250,000 Haitians who perished within the 2010 earthquake.

The ceremony will probably be held on Thursday, January 12, 2023, 10:00 a.m. at Metropolis Corridor, 2300 Civic Heart Place, Miramar.

The occasion will embody prayers from Miramar non secular leaders, survivors’ testimonials, a wreath laying and the reducing the US flag at half-mast.

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A catastrophic magnitude 7.0 M_w earthquake struck Haiti at 16:53 native time on Tuesday, January 12, 2010. The epicenter was close to the city of Léogâne, Ouest division, roughly 16 miles west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital.

By January 24, at the very least 52 aftershocks measuring 4.5 or higher had been recorded.

The earthquake claimed the lives of over 250,000 Haitians, displaced 5 million individuals who witnessed their properties diminished to rubble and nearly two million individuals had been pressured to dwell in makeshift camps when the wet season slammed the nation weeks later.

Since that point, the resilient individuals of Haiti have endured different pure disasters however are persevering with to rebuild regardless of the challenges.

“We honor the reminiscences of our Haitian brothers and sisters who misplaced their lives through the tragic earthquake of 2010.  It’s a day we’ll always remember and stand with the Haitian group to wish for continued therapeutic for the nation and other people of Haiti,” said Mayor Wayne M. Messam of Miramar.

The January 12, 2023, commemorative ceremony is in partnership with Thelar Administration Group and is designed to acknowledge Miramar’s vibrant Haitian American group.