Here are some of the startling video images shot by Haitian residents in the direct aftermath of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti Tuesday afternoon.
This first video features scenes from the street in Haiti, including a young girl in what appears to be a school uniform lying injured on the pavement and a man attempting to pull someone from a pile of rubble:
This is a longer version of the above video, featuring some of the same images as well as more graphic pictures of dead bodies lying in rubble:
In this video, two Haitians look down on the earthquake’s devastation from an elevated location. They speak in French until the end of the video when from behind the camera a voice shouts in English, “The world is coming to an end.”
British news organization ITN provides video of Haitian radio DJ Carel Pedre giving an eyewitness account of the earthquake:
Here a crowd of Haitians gather around a pile of rubble and search for survivors, apparently in vain:
Here Sylove Jean of Cap-Haitien, Haiti describes how she “felt all the houses shaking” and says she knows nothing of the whereabouts or safety of the rest of her family:
Australian organization ABC News provides video of fires breaking out in the earthquake’s aftermath:
CBS News provides raw video of UN workers rescuing a Haitian from a toppled building:
