Lessons in Lemonade Making with Cherylann Gengel

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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The worst thing that can happen to a mother happened to Cherylann Gengel. And it has changed every moment since. She is one of those high purpose people who makes you question your vocational certainty and wonder what might you be capable of. She is also a living reminder that loss is a territory with many eco-systems and singular viewpoints. If you feel so moved, her organization will put any gifts we give her to very good use.

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0:00.0	She sent me a text message on Tuesday, and then three hours after I received that text message,
0:05.0	Haiti had a 7.0 devastating earthquake, and we didn't know what happened to Brit.
0:15.0	Welcome to Kelly Corrigan Wenders. I'm Kelly Corrigan, and today I'm wondering about loss,
0:20.0	and how though initially we feel sure it will break us,
0:24.0	it sometimes drives us to find the kind of purpose that can carry us for a lifetime.
0:30.0	My guest today, Sherylann Gangel, suffered every parent's worst nightmare.
0:35.0	She lost a child. Her 19-year-old daughter Brittany was killed on a service trip in 2010 by the earthquake in Haiti.
0:43.0	The story of how Sherylann and her family pooled together and built an orphanage to honor their daughter is beyond inspiring.
0:52.0	So join us. We'll be right back with Kelly Corrigan Wenders.
1:07.0	Welcome back to Kelly Corrigan Wenders. I'm Kelly Corrigan.
1:10.0	So we're in this series. It's called How Do You Do That?
1:13.0	And it's about astonishing people making radical life changes.
1:18.0	And in that spirit, I wanted to introduce you to Sherylann Gangel and share her story, but first a bit of necessary background.
1:25.0	On January 12, 2010, at 4.53pm local time, Haiti experienced a massive earthquake. It was a 7.0 magnitude.
1:35.0	It lasted for approximately 30 seconds. The epicenter was in a small town about 15 miles west of the capital, Porta Prince.
1:45.0	In the aftermath of the quake, efforts by citizens and then, of course, international aid organizations to provide medical assistance and food and water to survivors were tough.
1:56.0	The electric power system failed. They lost communication lines and roads were blocked with debris.
2:02.0	After two weeks, attempts to rescue people trapped under the wreckage had mostly stopped.
2:08.0	It was getting harder and harder to believe that anyone could have survived that long without food or water.
2:16.0	So in 30 seconds, 1.5 million people were displaced. Close to 4,000 schools were destroyed.
2:25.0	Billions of dollars of damage occurred. The death toll estimates vary, but it's believed that it was somewhere between 220,000 and 300,000 people were killed.
2:36.0	And of that number, 122 were Americans, which leads us to the story of my guest today, Cheryl Ann Gingel.
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