EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: Heroes Star Jimmy Jean-Louis Fears The World Will Forget Haiti
Posted on Jan 27, 2010 @ 08:00AM - 2 comments
Heroes star Jimmy Jean-Louis is back on American soil once again after his harrowing trip back to his devastated homeland of Haiti, following it’s 7.0 magnitude earthquake disaster of two weeks ago.
In an exclusive series of interviews Jean-Louis reported back to RadarOnline.com on his experiences in the torn apart Caribbean nation, documenting the death and destruction that has overcome Haiti in the wake of the biggest earthquake to hit the country in 200 years.
EXCLUSIVE AUDIO INTERVIEW: Heroes Star Jimmy Jean-Louis In Haiti - People Desperate For Food, Shelter And Medical Care
Posted on Jan 20, 2010 @ 03:56PM - Add a comment
In his third in a series of exclusive interviews with RadarOnline.com Haitian Heroes star Jimmy Jean-Louis reports on the ever worsening situation in his earthquake ravaged homeland.
A catastrophic 7.0 magnitude earthquake tore apart Haiti on Tuesday, January, 12th, leaving an estimated 200,000 people dead and 1.5 million people homeless.
The interview was conducted Tuesday evening, before the second quake that hit Haiti on Wednesday.
EXCLUSIVE AUDIO INTERVIEW: Heroes Star Jimmy Jean-Louis Reports From Devastated Haiti - "People Are Desperate And Starving"
Posted on Jan 19, 2010 @ 06:10AM - Add a comment
In his second heart wrenching interview with RadarOnline.com, Heroes star Jimmy Jean-Louis exclusively reports back Monday on the devastation of his beloved homeland of Haiti, as he combs through the rubble with rescuers and tries to get aid to those in the most desperate of need - which is no easy task in a country where so many people are literally crying out for help.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: Jimmy Jean-Louis Heads To Haiti "I Need To Be With Them"
EXCLUSIVE AUDIO INTERVIEW: 'Heroes' Star Reveals Haiti Devastation From His Trip Home
Posted on Jan 18, 2010 @ 02:41PM - 3 comments
In an exclusive audio interview with RadarOnline.com Haitian Heroes star Jimmy Jean-Louis tells of the devastation of his homeland from his first hand eye witness perspective.
Read Full Recap Of Jimmy Jean-Louis' Heartbreaking Interview
Armed with a video camera Jean-Louis is delving deep into the horror and destruction that has befallen Haiti, reporting back to RadarOnline.com in the hopes that the world will rally around the impoverished nation and send the support it so desperately needs.
Jean-Louis is on a rollercoaster ride of emotions as he thankfully reunites with his parents, that he initially feared were dead, only to then go on and see the destruction that has been wreaked on the developing country and on his fellow Haitians as they struggle to come to terms with their mind numbing heartbreak and disbelief.
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake ripped through Haiti last week, the largest earthquake to hit the country in the past 200 years. Behind it it has left a trail of destruction and devastation that one is not even able to imagine or comprehend.
Heroes Actor Jimmy Jean-Louis Reunited With Family in Haiti
Jean-Louis says that initially when he arrived it was wonderful to see his parents alive and relatively well but then the reality of the situation that his beloved homeland is now in, hit him, and hit him hard.
"It was nice and it was peaceful [to see my parents] in a sense. We had already come to terms that I was coming. It was just a nice relief to see just each other. It was calm and very emotional but just nice to be able to actually see them and hug them - a genuine simple hug. That was great.
"As I said their house had collapsed, I had a house that had collapsed completely and another house next door and there are people underneath the house. From going around the neighborhood, from where we are everyday, I don't know how many times a day, I don't know how many times they come and they bring dead bodies - just to burn them. You see them being burned, you smell them - the most horrific picture I have ever seen."
VIDEO: Heroes Star, "There Is Nothing Left To Live For" In Haiti
Describing the obvious horror of the situation, Jean-Louis says it is impossible to imagine the scale of devastation without witnessing it in person. "It is so terrible what just happened to Haiti. I think people still don't have any idea with all the pictures you see, with all the videos you see, you still have no idea of how bad it is, you really don't. It is extremely bad."
Obviously emotionally overwhelmed, Jean -Louis goes on to say that he believes the destruction is actually worse than anyone is estimating as there are many areas that have been hit where rescue crews and news media have still not ventured.
"So far people concentrate around the airport but then there are other cities where in some of them 80 percent of the city is down, the entire city, and they haven't received any help."
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: Hero's Star Jimmy Jean-Louis Heads To Haiti: "I Need To Be With Them"
Going on to say, "Everywhere you go the buildings are just flat on the floor sitting there, what I mean is they are flat and whoever was inside the buildings are inside and they can not have any help because nobody would know how to get underneath. So you pass by these buildings and they smell of bodies. I feel so sad about this situation."
Jean-Louis continues to describe the obvious horror, telling a heartbreaking story of a close friend who has lost his entire family, including his two young children and wife. And a bewildered and distraught man he encountered in town that tells of his wife and three children being trapped under his house - begging for help, but there's nothing anyone can do.
Jean-Louis asks, "What can you do? What can anybody do? Where do you start?"
Chillingly he says, "They are estimating it is probably 100 - 200 Thousand. All the people though think it could be a lot more - a lot more."
One thing that you can do to help the poor people of Haiti is donate. The Haitians are in desperate need of medical and financial aid. Please help by donating to Jean-Louis' charities of choice: Hollywood Unites For Haiti and The Pan American Relief Fund.
Heroes Actor Jimmy Jean-Louis Reunited With Family in Haiti
Posted on Jan 17, 2010 @ 10:17AM - 5 comments
Heroes actor Jimmy Jean-Louis was finally reunited with his family in Haiti after finding room on a relief flight leaving from the Dominican Republic.
VIDEO: Heroes Star, "There Is Nothing Left To Live For" In Haiti
Jean-Louis, who will be blogging exclusively for RadarOnline.com about his return to the earthquake-ravaged country, rushed to join them on Sunday.
He opened up to RadarOnline.com about the heartbreak his dad suffered after watching the family’s home fall apart.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: Hero's Star Jimmy Jean-Louis Heads To Haiti: "I Need To Be With Them"
“My dad was crying for the past few days because he lost something that he’d worked for his whole life which was his house and that is something that he started more than 40 years ago building one room after another one after another one," the actor said. "When he learned that the house was down he said to himself there’s nothing else left to live for. He has his kids and his family but for him that was one thing that really meant a lot to him.... That was very difficult for him to digest.”
Jean-Louis urges you to do your part to help. Please make donations to the Red Cross. You can donate online or automatically give $10 to assist the Red Cross efforts by texting "HAITI" TO 90999. You can also donate online at Hollywood Unites For Haiti.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Heroes Star Says His Dad In Haiti Cried "There's Nothing Left To Live For"
Posted on Jan 15, 2010 @ 05:32PM - 1 comment
Jimmy Jean-Louis spoke to RadarOnline.com exclusively about his upcoming trip back to his native Haiti where he will be reunited with his family. Speaking candidly about the devastation there, he opened up about what he expects to experience and the trials his family and countrymen are facing.
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“My dad was crying for the past few days because he lost something that he’d worked for his whole life which was his house and that is something that he started more than 40 years ago building one room after another one after another one," the actor said. "When he learned that the house was down he said to himself there’s nothing else left to live for. He has his kids and his family but for him that was one thing that really meant a lot to him.... That was very difficult for him to digest.”
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Haitian Heroes Actor Jimmy Jean-Louis Reunited With Mom
Jean-Louis has been unable to sleep for the past three days and though he looks forward to going home and helping his family, he knows that the tragedy he will see first-hand will be unlike anything he's ever experienced.
"It is difficult to know you are going to see hundreds of thousands of people who will end up dying and a city that is completely destroyed. We’ll see what kind of affect it will have on me when I get there."
Jean-Louis will be sending exclusive updates and blogs from Haiti to RadarOnline.com about his journey home and his family and country's fight to recover.
Jean-Louis urges you to do your part to help. Please make donations to the Red Cross either on-line or via phone: text "HAITI" TO 90999 to donate $10 to the Red Cross' efforts there and/or online to Hollywood Unites For Haiti.
