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Local Haitians await news about loved ones

Marlene Napoleon stands outside of her apartment in Golden Gate after she learned this morning that her niece, Edwine, who lived in Haiti, was killed when her house collapsed during the earthquake. Napoleon is now trying to find a way to get to Haiti to find her niece's son. Greg Kahn/Staff

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Marlene Napoleon stands outside of her apartment in Golden Gate after she learned this morning that her niece, Edwine, who lived in Haiti, was killed when her house collapsed during the earthquake. Napoleon is now trying to find a way to get to Haiti to find her niece's son. Greg Kahn/Staff

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  • Lila Colin, 48, holds her head in her hands as she listens to the news reports on television in January about the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti. Colin has five children who all live in Carrefour, Haiti, an area of Port-au-Prince. She spoke with her children less than an hour before the earthquake and has not been able to reach them since. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Marlene Napoleon stands outside of her apartment in Golden Gate after she learned this morning that her niece, Edwine, who lived in Haiti, was killed when her house collapsed during the earthquake. Napoleon is now trying to find a way to get to Haiti to find her niece's son. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Marlene Napoleon holds a photo of her niece, Edwine, who was killed in the Haiti earthquake yesterday. Napoleon found out this morning through her brother in Boston that a friend went by the house and found her under a wall. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Marlene Napoleon stands outside of her apartment in Golden Gate after she learned this morning that her niece, Edwine, who lived in Haiti, was killed when her house collapsed during the earthquake. Napoleon is now trying to find a way to get to Haiti to find her niece's son. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Franky Pierre, left, and Marlene Napoleon, right, stand outside of Napoleon's apartment in Golden Gate after she learned this morning that her niece, Edwine, who lived in Haiti, was killed when her house collapsed during the earthquake. Pierre was on the phone with his sister Elna Lindor, who lives in Haiti, when the earthquake struck, and he hasn't been able to reach her since. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Lila Colin, 48, holds her head in her hands as she listens to the news reports on television about the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday. Colin has five children who all live in Carrefour, Haiti, an area of Port-au-Prince. She spoke with her children less than an hour before the earthquake and has not been able to reach them since. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Lila Colin, 48, holds photos of her five children who all live in Carrefour, Haiti, an area of Port-au-Prince. Colin spoke with her children less than an hour before the 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the island Tuesday and has not been able to reach them since. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Lila Colin, 48, holds photos of her five children who all live in Carrefour, Haiti, an area of Port-au-Prince. Colin spoke with her children less than an hour before the 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the island Tuesday and has not been able to reach them since. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Manoushka Eliodor, left, finds comfort from her friend Sara Bornelus as they attend a special prayer service at St Peter the Apostle Catholic Church in Naples on Jan. 13, 2009. The prayer service was formed after the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Elly Kowalski of St Peter the Apostle Catholic Church in Naples, right, comforts Resiana Plancher, left as she weeps during a prayer service on Jan. 13, 2009 to remember those who were lost during the earthquake in Haiti. Greg Kahn/Staff

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