Ever since Google’s co-founder Sergey Brin first published a blog post on his personal blog about his Parkinson’s Disease on September 2008, he hasn’t been updating much at all – only four posts till date.
In an effort to give back to the society, the President of Technology of Google has traveled to the city of Port-au-Prince to deliver medical supplies to a key hospital and witnessed the devastation first hand. In the blog post, he describes the scene of Port-au-Prince after the massive earthquake and even says that the people in Haiti are the “real heros”.
Driving into the heart of the capital city the need for such scale becomes apparent. Because the airport is farther from the epicenter, the damage you first see appears relatively minor — cracks in buildings, damaged walls, and littered streets. But soon the sheer magnitude of the devastation becomes difficult to comprehend. Many entire buildings have been reduced to rubble. Makeshift tent camps dominate plazas and parks.
Despite tremendous challenge and suffering, they still show an incredible strength of spirit and resilience to the harshest of conditions. Seeing the people firsthand left me with a vastly different impression than I had going in based on news reports. Instead of roving gangs of violent criminals, I found people caring for the wounded and providing critical supplies to those most in need. Instead of people weeping of despair, I saw people busy rebuilding their lives in the most challenging of environments.
Besides writing about his trip, he has also uploaded some photos he has taken and uploaded them to Piscasa Web.
