Haitian quake victims rush aid sites, take food and supplies

By EVENS SANON and MATÍAS DELACROIX
Associated Press

LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — Haitians left hungry and homeless by a devastating earthquake are rushing relief shipment trucks and in some cases stealing desperately needed supplies. People stole foam mattresses, tarps and food Friday in the small, hard-hit port city of Les Cayes. In the town of Vye Terre, men climbed onto the back of a half-open container truck and pulled out sacks of food that others then carried away. The attacks on relief shipments illustrate the rising frustration of those left without food or shelter after the magnitude 7.2 earthquake. The Aug. 14 quake killed nearly 2,200 people, injured more than 12,000 and destroyed or damaged more than 100,000 homes.