News; supplies must begin reaching people before

Haitians have flooded the capital's streets in search of food and
supplies, which are running low across Port-au-Prince. Some residents say they
are walking simply to leave their devastated homes. Others carry what few
undamaged possessions they have. Several say there is no word yet on where aid
handouts are being distributed.The chief concern two days after the quake is for
authorities to remove the bodies that are piled up on some sidewalks and near
destroyed buildings. Flies are swarming and residents are worried about the
onset of disease.Haitian-born Louis Stalbord operates a small shipping company
in Florida. He was visiting Haiti hair
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iron hit, and says aid supplies must begin reaching people before
desperation sets in."There is no food in the streets; there is no clean water.
We are waiting for the help of everyone who would like to help us," he
said.Cargo planes continued to fly overhead, dropping off personnel and supplies
at the airport. Some residents in the Delmas neighborhood complain that no
international aid efforts have established a visible presence yet. On one street
corner, a group of U.S.-based missionaries are offering medical treatment to
injured people on the pavement in front of a destroyed building. The team was
already in Haiti when the quake hit.