One woman is named Judy Coster. She is a wound care nurse from Baltimore who is not just incredible at her job; she is passionate, intuitive, and a tremendous advocate for the Haitians. She's been here for over 6 weeks, taking an unpaid leave from her job, but is leaving Friday. She says she plans to come back this summer for 2 months, and I completely believe her.
She told me a story this morning about going into the city. When she first got here, the smell of rotting corpses overwhelmed the city. They were there, beneath the rubble, but unable to be reached for removal.
What's amazing is that over the many weeks since the earthquake, time and dry heat have decomposed the hundreds of undiscovered bodies to such a point that they don't even smell anymore.
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