The impulse of solidarity that has always made the greatness of the Haitian soul has not completely disappeared.
9 o’clock in the morning, Sunday, December 12. We are in the area of the Champ de Mars to kill the idle and lazy time in this autumn morning. It is the flat calm. Suddenly, the salutary silence is strongly disturbed by resounding shouts coming from the crossroads giving access to the base of the Departmental Unit of Maintenance of Order (UDMO).
A private vehicle driving down Avenue Magny is about to burst into flames as a result of its engine heating up. The driver is unaware of everything, the windows of the car being mounted, especially for security reasons in this period where acts of kidnapping are recorded daily. So, it was necessary that people shout at the top of their voices and pursue the vehicle threatened by a possible explosion, so that the driver, about thirty years old, is finally alerted.
Having already entered the lane leading to the National Palace, he made a turn on the south side of the Champ de Mars to make a sudden stop. The driver quickly got out of the vehicle, stunned, leaving the engine running. Immediately, a dozen people gathered, shouting salutary advice to the stunned young man, still in shock.
While recommending to cut the contact, some people run with earth while others bring water to extinguish the beginning of a fire which could have caused the explosion of the vehicle and even the death of its occupant who was alone on board. This gesture which expresses our impulse of solidarity, compassion, mutual aid and desire to live collectively, also testifies to the need to give back a minimum of attention and well-being to the citizens to restart a country plunged for many years in despair.
The gesture that saves
