Today our travels took us to the famous Hotel Montana, once considered one of the most beautiful hotels in the world. Just ten minutes from downtown Port Au Prince high above the bustling streets of the Haitian capitol, hundreds are believed to be dead in its crumpled walls.\u00a0As we approached the hillside, the smell of death hung heavy in the air.\u00a0 There was no way not to notice the smell of decaying bodies buried in the rubble.\u00a0 Family members gathered outside the high steel gates, topped with barbwire.\u00a0 The UN forces manned the door to the compound as if it were a prison, letting no one in and no one out.\u00a0We spoke with the commander on site Major Rodrigo Vasquez of the UN who allowed our cameras to enter for the first in a week since the Hotel was put on lockdown to the media after the earthquake.\u00a0 It appeared that relief efforts have been slow going with the lack of heavy machinery to aid in the search and rescue.\u00a0 One crane was on site at the hotel provided by a private supporter.\u00a0This morning a Chilean UN general\u2019s wife\u2019s lifeless body was pulled from the rubble.\u00a0 An American observer who has come to monitor the search and rescue mission, after families raised concerns that not enough was being done to get their loved ones out, says the Chilean\u2019s forces priorities have not been focused on saving all lives. He claims that the US forces have just been concerned about saving the life of their general\u2019s wife.\u00a0The one thing that was clear to this observer was that workers were tired and doing all that they could to locate survivors.\u00a0 However, with 6 floors pancaked on top of each other and with another aftershock just this morning compacting the debris more, hope is dwindling at the Hotel Montana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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