Kely Bastien, the president of the Senate, survived the quake but was trapped in the destroyed parliament building for a day before being evacuated to the Dominican Republic.

• 上议院议长凯里-巴斯蒂安虽然存活了下来，却被困在议会大楼的废墟中就在疏散到多米尼加共和国的前一天。