In the days following the devastating Haiti earthquake the Canadian Forces sent two HMC Ships ATHABASKAN and HALIFAX to Haiti to provide humanitarian relief. Two RNZN officers, Sub Lieutenant Nick Foster and Ensign Kendra Titheridge were on board the two ships as they raced south to the disaster area.
Ensign Titheridge who was assigned to shore working parties, said the work was very hard – particularly the humid, draining 48C heat of Haiti after having adjusted to the cold Canadian winter we had left behind.
Sub Lieutenant Foster reported that the shore parties felt aftershocks, with one reported as 6.1. Much to his surprise some shocks could even be felt on the ship.
Their personal accounts of the humanitarian assistance to Haiti can be read here.
Ensign Titheridge's story >
Sub Lieutentant Foster's story >
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