It was March of 2001 when I realized what nighttime meant to the Haitian people.
We Americans panic if we have even a short power outage at night.
We call the electric company, wanting to know when power will be restored.
I had been in Haiti for seven prior trips but I never stopped to consider what life must
be like in a
perpetual blackout -
EVERY NIGHT.
LET'S ASK SOMEONE WHO LIVED THERE.