The earthquake that devastated Haiti - a podcast by BBC World Service

In 2010 the Haitian capital and surrounding areas were hit by a catastrophic earthquake. Much of Port Au Prince was flattened and more than a hundred thousand people were killed. Amid the destruction and death people's first instinct was to pull together and help one another. Zak Brophy has been speaking to Kinsley Jean who was just a teenager when his family home collapsed around him.

Photo: Men gather to try to reach those still buried in the rubble beneath the HaitianDepartment of Justice building in January 2010.(Photo by Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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