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2 years on: Haiti, Lest We Forget... By Lindsay Johns
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anuary 12, 2012 was the second anniversary of the horrendous Haitian earthquake – one of the most terrible natural disasters ever to afflict mankind. In approximately 35 seconds on Jan 12, 2010 the malevolent earthquake ripped through the Haitian capital Portau-Prince, leaving death, destruction and tragedy on an epic scale in its impious and unfeeling wake. Some three hundred thousand people were killed, some immediately, but many died horribly protracted deaths after much excruciating pain.
Majestic, Central Florida’s newest Banquet Facility and Event Center
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he Majestic Event Center, known as Majestic, recently opened their 22,000 square foot event center on John Young Parkway. This new venue now offers two large ballroom with a capacity for up to 2500 people. With a built in kitchen this event center is a dream come true for caterers with large parties and people who have an event that needs to seat 500 people but would like to retain the culinary de-
lights of their own caterer. Majestic is in the building popularly known as the former Tropical Magic Restaurant and many turned out with fond memories of events in the previous space and were stunned at the transformation that had taken place in the building. The opening celebration or inauguration as some people suggested, was attended by
Thousands of children and adults alike were hideously maimed by falling buildings or buried beneath rubble; limbs were crushed like flies with a flagrant and callous impunity. Whole families, whole streets and whole communities were erased in an instant. And perhaps those were the lucky ones. Many thousands of children were orphaned. 1.5 million people were left homeless.
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