500 children in Salesian schools die in quake

MADRID, Spain  (CNA).- The Salesian Office in Madrid has revised its early estimates on the number of children and teens who lost their lives in the collapsed buildings and schools operated by the order in Haiti.  Officials now say that as many as 500 are buried under the rubble after the devastating earthquake.

According to a statement, “the U.N. Crisis Unit has been in communication with Haiti police who, nonetheless, continue the search for survivors.”

“The deaths of three Salesian religious needs to be added to this tragic number,” the statement indicated.  “Hubert Sanon, 85, Atsime Wilfrid, 28, and Vibrun Valsaint, 26,” all perished in the earthquake.