Christopher Hotel
Christopher Hotel | |
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General information | |
Location | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
Coordinates | 18°32′20.76″N 72°18′43.56″W / 18.5391000°N 72.3121000°W |
Closed | January 12, 2010 (destroyed) |
The Christopher Hotel[1] (also called Hotel Christopher[2]) was a hotel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, destroyed in the 2010 Haiti earthquake on 12 January 2010.[3]
Prior to its destruction, it was a 3-star, 74-key,
History
In 1993, the mayor of Port-au-Prince, Evans Paul, escaped an assassination attempt at the hotel.[7]
In 1999, the Haitian Civic Political Front was formed and held its first congress at the hotel. [8]
In 2005, a Filipino UN peacekeeper was shot by a sniper at the hotel.[9]
The hotel housed the headquarters for the
Destruction
In the collapse during the 7.0 magnitude event of 12 January 2010, several people were trapped, hurt or killed. The UN's head-of-mission, Hédi Annabi, the deputy head, Luiz Carlos da Costa, and the UN international police commander (Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superintendent) Doug Coates were killed. [6] After the collapse, over 150 UN personnel were reportedly unaccounted for at the hotel.[4] The moment the earthquake struck, Annabi, da Costa and Coates were meeting with eight Chinese nationals (four peacekeepers and four senior police officers). A Chinese search and rescue team recovered the bodies of these ten individuals on 16 January 2010. Jens Kristensen, senior humanitarian officer for the UN, was rescued by a Virginia Beach, Virginia team after five days trapped in the rubble.[11]
See also
References
- ^ UPI, "U.N. fears staff casualties in Haiti quake", 13 January 2010 (accessed 15 January 2009)
- ^ Vancouverite, "RCMP officer’s body found in rubble in Haiti, another still missing" Archived 2010-01-19 at the Wayback Machine, Salim Jiwa, 14 January 2010 (accessed 15 January 2009)
- ^ (in French) BBC Afrique, "L'ONU frappée de plein fouet par le séisme en Haïti", Bessan Vikou, 14 January 2010 (accessed 15 January 2010)
- ^ a b Hotels Mag, "Haiti's Hôtel Montana, Hotel Christopher Collapse; Hundreds Feared Dead" Archived 2010-01-16 at the Wayback Machine, Adam Kirby, 13 January 2010 (accessed 15 January 2010)
- ^ Wall Street Journal, "U.N. Bodyguard Rescued From Haiti Rubble", Joe Lauria, 14 January 2010 (accessed 15 January 2010)
- ^ a b c Inner City News, "As UN Confirms Death of Annabi, Hotel Christopher Safety Questions Remain", Matthew Russell Lee, 16 January 2010 (accessed 17 January 2010)
- ^ Chicago Tribune, "Gunmen Go After Aristide Allies", Associated Press, 6 October 1993, A7
- ^ BBC World Service, 15 September 1999
- ^ Asian Journal, "Filipino UN Peacekeeper in Haiti Survives Sniper Fire" Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, 2 April 2005 (accessed 15 January 2010)
- ^ Brunei News, "" Archived 2010-01-17 at the Wayback Machine, Nam News Network, 14 January 2010 (accessed 15 January 2010)
- ^ Christian Science Monitor, "Haiti earthquake: How a top UN official was plucked from the rubble", Howard LaFranchi, 26 January 2010 (accessed 30 January 2010)