A DAY IN HAITI » Hotel Montana http://www.adayinhaiti.com with Douglas Doebler Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:58:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Buried in Haiti rubble, U.S. dad wrote goodbyes http://www.adayinhaiti.com/2010/01/19/buried-in-haiti-rubble-u-s-dad-wrote-goodbyes/ http://www.adayinhaiti.com/2010/01/19/buried-in-haiti-rubble-u-s-dad-wrote-goodbyes/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:57:12 +0000 admin http://www.adayinhaiti.com/?p=280 But with iPhone info, he treated his injuries and was rescued after 65 hours.

Just had to post this remarkable story about  Dan Woolley.  This story really hit home as I have been in the same elevator at the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince.  I was (am) scheduled to go there for my 4th visit in February. 

By Mike Celizic
TODAYshow.com contributor
updated 8:48 a.m. ET, Tues., Jan. 19, 2010

The words on the pages of the plain black notebook are written in a semi-scrawl, punctuated by smears of blood — stark evidence of the desperation in which they were written.

Sitting with his wife, Christina, in Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital, Dan Woolley showed the notebook to TODAY’s Meredith Vieira via satellite hookup Tuesday. Trapped for 65 hours under tons of wreckage in the lobby of his hotel by Haiti’s Jan. 12 earthquake and knowing he could die, Woolley had written notes to his two young boys and his wife.

Click on link to read the rest of this remarkable story!   http://www.today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34933053/ns/today-today_people/

]]> http://www.adayinhaiti.com/2010/01/19/buried-in-haiti-rubble-u-s-dad-wrote-goodbyes/feed/ 0 A shout out for my new friend, Scott Bonnell http://www.adayinhaiti.com/2009/11/19/a-shout-out-for-my-new-friend-scott-bonnell/ http://www.adayinhaiti.com/2009/11/19/a-shout-out-for-my-new-friend-scott-bonnell/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:49:28 +0000 admin http://www.adayinhaiti.com/?p=178 I have a new friend, Scott Bonnell who is the Director of Most High Ministries and the Founder of “Hope to Haiti“.   Scott is fellow Rotarian and stumbled on this blog.   His current efforts are focused on St Marc, Gonaives and Gros Morne, Haiti.   He has been to Cite Soleil and Cabaret.  He contacted me to find out where is the “Hotel Montana” that I have stayed at.   The Hotel Montana  is a great hotel to stay in  Port-Au-Prince. I have stayed there twice.  I always see aid workers and government people and embassy people etc there.  Safe place to stay and nice.

I just want to point out that Scott and I have some things in common – we both belong to Rotary International and we both have a passion for helping the people in Haiti.

I am proud to have a new friend who shares my views.  Most High Ministries ”Hope to Haiti Project” was launched in 2007.   Most High Ministries is committed to creating abundance business models in Haiti.   They are providing resources, micro-loans, training and opportunities that will empower and enable Haitians to lift themselves out of poverty.

I hope you will take the time to visit Scott’s website Hope to Haiti.

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