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Volunteers traumatized after a house partially collapses

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Jacmel, April 06/10 - People stop off to look at a building collapse that left one young man dead and another with broken legs, describes what happened to other people on the streets in Jacmel, Haiti near the site of the collapse. The young man was one of approximately 10 people assigned to do hand demolition on the house. The workers did not seem properly equipped for the work and the crush victim was only wearing Crocs for shoes and the buildings they work on are not properly shored up for safety.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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Jacmel, April 06/10 - Mackinson Elson, sits in shock near the site of a house that collapsed leaving one young man dead and another with broken legs in Jacmel, Haiti.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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Jacmel, April 06/10 - Mark Augustin with his cadaver dog Duke calls into the building that collapsed and left one young man dead and another with broken legs, in Jacmel, Haiti.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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Jacmel, April 06/10 - A bloody handle sticks out of rubble of a house that collapsed leaving one young man dead and another with broken legs in Jacmel, Haiti . They were one of approximately 10 people assigned to do hand demolition on the house. The workers are not properly equipped for the work and the crush victim was only wearing Crocs for shoes and the buildings they work on are not properly shored up for safety.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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Jacmel, April 06/10 - People stop off to look at a building collapse that left one young man dead and another with broken legs, describes what happened to other people on the streets in Jacmel, Haiti near the site of the collapse. The young man was one of approximately 10 people assigned to do hand demolition on the house. The workers did not seem properly equipped for the work and the crush victim was only wearing Crocs for shoes and the buildings they work on are not properly shored up for safety.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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Jacmel, April 06/10 - Mackinson Elson, sits in shock near the site of a house that collapsed leaving one young man dead and another with broken legs in Jacmel, Haiti. Elson, who was one of approximately 10 people assigned to do hand demolition on the house,helped carry the young mans body to a waiting ambulance The workers did not seem properly equipped for the work and the crush victim was only wearing Crocs for shoes and the buildings they work on are not properly shored up for safety.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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Jacmel, April 06/10 - People stop off to look at a building collapse that left one young man dead and another with broken legs, describes what happened to other people on the streets in Jacmel, Haiti near the site of the collapse. The young man was one of approximately 10 people assigned to do hand demolition on the house. The workers did not seem properly equipped for the work and the crush victim was only wearing Crocs for shoes and the buildings they work on are not properly shored up for safety.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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