As we drove into the town, our vehicles had to stop due to a collapsed wall that blocked the street. As we walked in, many local people came over to talk to us, friendly and curious to know if we brought help. Helene, a mother of eight, was very talkative. Carrying her youngest in her arms, she told us about her oldest, a 14-year-old girl. “Classes had started when the quake began. The build shook, then the walls began cracking. Thank God that she escaped from her school as it collapsed,” she said. Helene’s husband works on the docks at the port of the city of Les Cayes, but because there is no electricity or cell phones aren’t working in her town, she has not been able to get in touch with him.