Pleas from nursing home

THERE is no food, water or medicine for the 84 surviving residents of the Port-au-Prince Municipal Nursing Home, barely a mile from the airport where a massive international aid effort is taking shape.

“Help us, help us,” 69-year-old Mari-Ange Levee begged on Sunday, lying on the ground with a broken leg and ribs. A cluster of flies swarmed around the open fracture in her skull.

One man had died, and administrator Jean Emmanuel said more would follow soon unless water and food arrive immediately.