Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.

My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds.

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What you may not know is that the BBC makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars,

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In August this year, an earthquake struck Haiti killing more than 2,000 people.

However, for this episode, we are returning to January 12th, 2010, when an earthquake of a similar force

hit the Caribbean island, but with an epicenter much closer to the capital Port of Prince.

The destruction and loss of life was huge and the ramifications

for the country are still being felt more than a decade later.

It was a normal day. I had a very good day at school. Everything looked perfectly fine. The sun was

shining. When I got back home, I had some school work to do but I decided to just take a quick nap before I start my schoolwork.

Kings Lejeune is a student and civil society activist.

He lives in the Delmar District of the capital Porta Prince

and was 14 years old in January 2010.

So you, you went to bed, had an afternoon rest and then what happened?

I remember hearing the voice of my of my older sister just screaming my name and that's when I felt that the bed was shaking.

The first thing that I saw when I woke up was the wall next to my bed collapsing. It fell on me and my leg

got trapped.

It sounds absolutely terrifying.

Yes, it was terrifying because I didn't know what was happening. It felt like it was the

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