Little country, big heart

We are like a country whose capital has been hit by two atomic bombs,” Patrick Elie, a Haitian presidential adviser and former defense minister told The New York Times. The death toll from the January 12 earthquake could surpass 200,000 people, according to the United States military. There are thought to be as many as 20,000 Lebanese living in Haiti, according to Fadi Fawaz, advisor to Prime Minister Saad Hariri. Fawaz spoke to Executive the night before he left with an official Lebanese delegation carrying aid to Haiti. The state-owned Middle East Airlines (MEA) coordinated with the government to charter an Airbus 330 to carry the delegation and aid to Port au Prince, the Haitian capital. “The aid taken on the plane includes 30 tons of health equipment, 25 tons of shelter and three tons of milk,” said Fawaz. He was accompanied on the flight by Yahya Raad, the secretary