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VOA Creole: Haiti 2010 earthquake survivor recalls trauma of fateful January 12


FILE - Youths of Cite Soleil carry flowers and a cross to a monument honoring the victims of the 2010 earthquake before a memorial service at Titanyen, a mass burial site north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 12, 2019.
FILE - Youths of Cite Soleil carry flowers and a cross to a monument honoring the victims of the 2010 earthquake before a memorial service at Titanyen, a mass burial site north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 12, 2019.

Lovely Borgard had her leg amputated after being unable to find adequate medical care for an injury sustained in the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake that killed thousands of Haitians and forced several million to leave their homes. Today, Borgard is a member of Haiti's National Amputee Soccer Team.

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