Latin America    Updated: Feb. 25, 2010, 12:15 p.m. ET

Haiti: Earthquake Survivors Deal With Grief

Hidden beneath the staggering death toll from the January quake in Haiti are the survivors, like Varnek-Edouard Bazile, an English teacher who rescued 20 students before making it back to his home, which had collapsed on his wife and two children.

BY JOANNE ELGART JENNINGS

Like many Haitians, Bazile is too busy trying to make ends meet to stop and tend to his own overwhelming grief.

We first met Bazile at the Plaza Hotel in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince. He was working for a German television station as a "fixer" or local contact. One afternoon, during a break, he sat down to tell his story of what happened the day of the earthquake. Talking about it was part of the healing process, he said.

Bazile is now working on contract as an interpreter for the non-profit Cooperative Housing Foundation. He's planning a memorial service for his wife and children on May 31 in her home town of Cap Haitien.

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