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A DETERMINED GROUP

 

This video is a powerful testimony of what can be done by a small but determined group who chose to make a difference in the lives of those in need. James L. Clark, Harold Tarter, and a first year medical student for the United States who is training in the Dominican Republic crossed the border of Haiti and began providing assistance.

 

 

 

While this video injects a little levity into the real fear of being hurt in an aftershock, it in now ways is designed to lesson the reality of how much damage has been and can be done by natural disasters.

 

James L. Clark and Harold Tarter's tent was located in close proximity to damaged buildings. Early in the morning a magnitude 6.1 hit Haiti not long after the initial earthquake brought the country to its knees. Those they were unhurt, not far away a member of the church they were staying with suffered loss; their child was killed by falling debris. 

 

 

 

Senator Bill Frist, the former Senate Majority Leader from Tennessee, is a medical doctor who has a heart for people. James L. Clark first met Sen. Frist in New Orleans while both men were treating patients on the ground. While awaiting supplies to arrive on a small private aircraft in Port-Au-Prince, James saw Sen. Frist arrive with members of the Baptist Hospital. He and Sen. Frist had a chance to visit again after five years. In a blog that day Sen. Frist stated, "Ran into a medic I met in Katrina... small world big hearts." Hear the need for people to group together to help in his own words.

 

 

 

Late one evening as James L. Clark was bedding down, his interpreter Jean Claude came running yelling, "Mr. James, Appolo is hurt!" Appolo is an elderly member of the church we stayed with in Delmas 40A, ran by Tom Brumbly, his wife, and a capable and competent staff. They've been in the country since 1972. Nobody actually knows Appolo's age, but it is estimated that he's in his late 80s or early 90s. When James arrived to assess the injury, it was clear Appolo would need sutures. With limited supplies, and nothing to work by with but flashlights, James spent 90 minutes treating Appolo. This is a video diary from that night.

 

 

 

In September 2005, James went to New Orleans to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Some years later, his efforts were featured on several television shows. In this video, he is given a Hero Award by two well known celebrities.