PLAINE DU CUL-DE SAC, Haiti — Jean, his two sisters and his mother woke up to a sudden crack of heavy gunshots on April 24. With no other options, he spent four days unable to leave his home to put to safety his mother who has a cardiac condition and his sisters paralyzed with fear.
“I spent four days cloistered at home, unable to go out with my mother who is cardiac and my two sisters. At one point, we did not have anything left to eat and drink. I drank my piss and ate the seasoning maggi cubes,” said Jean, who preferred to be referred to as this pseudonym for safety issues.
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