Trini victim of Haiti quake buriedTWO months after a massive earthquake ravaged Haiti, this country’s lone fatality in the disaster was given final rites.
The funeral service of Gregory McAlpin, 49, was held at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Port of Spain yesterday. The ceremony came exactly two months after a massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on January 12.
On that day, McAlpin went missing when the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince collapsed during the earthquake. McAlpin, the Director of Flight Safety with the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority (ECCAA), was in Haiti to attend the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System board meeting..
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