Americans have witnessed a barrage of heart wrenching images from Haiti. Images of collapsed buildings that have entombed people, who were unable to escape the earthquake's fast fury. Images of bloodied yet resilient children caked with dust, full of sorrow, searching for what may be left of their family. Images of countless mangled corpses strewn on the city's sidewalks like trash toppled by a strong gust of wind. Haiti was a nation already teetering on the brink of survival and the 7.0 earthquake sent the country plunging off the ledge.