Reclaim

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Tonight,

a country brought to its knees.

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake

has hit Haiti.

The capital, Port-au-Prince,

was literally torn apart.

The earthquake lasted all of a minute.

The intensity so strong,

within seconds a cloud of dust

covered the city.

And many people are still

trapped in the rubble.

Some may still be alive,

but getting out alive will be

a very desperate effort.

There's truly no way of knowing

just how many people are dead.

Bodies are reportedly stacked

in streets.

It's feared the number of people killed

could now reach 200,000.

200,000 children

without a mother or father

even before this earthquake.

A country which only seems

to know the worst of times

- is tonight just trying to survive.

- Mama! Mama!

But it is the human losses

which are most shocking.

Mama! Mama!

"My name is Nina.

I am seven years old. "

I can't believe we're finally here.

Are you nervous?

Yeah.

You?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

I mean, I'm excited.

We got to be close, right?

I hope so.

- Hello, hello, I'm Gabrielle.

- Hi.

Mrs. Reigert, nice to meet you finally.

- Steven.

- Shannon.

- Shannon, how are you?

- Excited.

I don't think

I've slept in a couple of days.

But we made it and we're here.

Well, let's delay no longer.

Um, actually, I'm gonna tip our driver.

Oh, no, no, that's all taken care of.

The car will wait for you.

Come on.

- Great.

- Okay.

AII I need is one more week

to secure her passport,

but all the Haitian

and Puerto Rican documents

are signed and sealed officially.

Excellent.

This is my office.

My assistant Maryanne.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Please make yourselves comfortable.

I'll just go and get the little one.

All right.

Nina.

Do you realize when

she comes back, we're parents?

It's...

- I'm gonna take a picture.

- Okay, of course you are.

Okay, this way.

Hi.

I'm Shannon.

- Bonjour.

- Bonjour.

- Merci.

- Bonjour, Nina.

Bonjour.

Do you remember this guy

I showed you on the computer?

Boy, oh boy.

We've been getting to know each other.

Haven't we, ma petite?

I believe congratulations are in order.

Okay, squeeze up.

Smile.

All you have to do now is have fun,

relax, get to know Nina.

And if I can,

I'll come down on Sunday

just to see how she's settling in.

Oh, I don't know that that's necessary.

In fact, you know, maybe it's better

- if we just spend some time...

- No, no.

They get separation anxiety.

Not that I coddled her,

but they do form attachments

in a very short period of time.

And, uh, the passport?

That should be ready

Wednesday the latest.

Well, it's so nice of you

to put us up like this.

Oh, it's all part of the service.

In my experience,

a nice quiet place by the beach

is just the right environment

for these children to bond.

To get the sense

that everything's okay now,

if you know what I mean?

I'm gonna...

Thank you.

- Bye.

- Bye.

We just became parents.

Look at this.

Wow.

Hey, guys.

Let's walk down

and check out the beach.

Great idea.

The guy at the front

said it was 83 water.

Is that what they said?

You swim?

You guys going down to the surf?

- Yeah.

- Oh, it's beautiful.

It's beautiful here.

I just got here,

I'm gonna go get my trunks

and go in, I think.

- Okay.

- I'm Benjamin.

Hey, Steven Mayer.

- Nice to meet you.

- This is my wife Shannon.

- Hi, Shannon. Pleasure.

- Hi.

And our daughter Nina.

Hi, Nina. How are you?

- Where are you guys from?

- Chicago.

Chicago.

Chicago, Illinois. Nice.

Yeah, I was gonna say...

I'm born in Minnesota,

but yes, Chicago.

I'm a Chicago girl now.

- Yeah yeah, sure.

- That's where we met... art school.

Oh, Art Institute of Chicago, right?

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah,

I know it well.

You on vacation or...?

Yeah, one of these

corporate swag-a-thon things.

You know, a little work, little play.

We're just staying

right there though. It's beautiful.

Beautiful suites.

Oh, we're in that one.

Oh, great, neighbors.

Well, maybe I'll see you around

later for a drink or something.

Thank you, that's nice.

I think, um, we're just gonna

have an early night tonight

- and spend some time as a family.

- Yeah.

Great. All right.

Leave you to it.

- All right, man, see you around.

- Enjoy it.

Have a great day at the beach.

It's nice to meet you, Mi...

- it's Nina? Nina!

- Nina.

- It's our neighbor.

- Yeah.

- What's a swag-a-thon?

- Yeah.

Oui.

These I got for you.

I thought they would look good.

Oh, they fit.

Merci.

- She's adorable.

- Mm-hmm.

Um, yeah?

Yeah.

- Oui.

- Oui?

- Yeah?

- Oui.

- She says, "Get over here. "

- Okay.

- Papa should get over here.

- All right.

That's our house.

Our house.

And that's your room.

It's yellow. What's yellow?

Jaune.

- The water nice?

- Yes, feel.

You said you were gonna get in.

I will, I will.

This is...

she's so adorable.

We know what we're doing, right?

Whatever we don't know

we'll figure out.

Stupid people have kids every day.

It works out, right?

Right? Right?

Tragic, but true.

And we're not stupid, so...

To not being stupid.

- I love you.

- I'm sorry if I... it's Steve?

- Hey.

- Steven?

Steven and Shannon.

- Veronica and Salo.

- Hi.

Hey.

Hope we didn't keep you up last night.

We were a little over-served.

- We were a little loud.

- Oh, don't worry about it, man.

- All good.

- Okay.

See you later.

Bye.

Jeez, is he going north later?

Nina. Nina!

I want to see

if you can do this, okay?

You know what a...

you know what a cartwheel is?

Cartwheel?

I took high school French.

I don't know.

You like that?

Watch this one, watch.

Keep practicing.

Yes, yes.

Your crazy daddy.

Here.

And... voila!

You want to decorate it?

That's a good idea.

That is perfect.

Hey.

Nina, regard.

Over there,

across the ocean...

that's where our house is.

- La maison?

- Mm-hmm.

Soon as we get your passport,

we'll go there.

Nina!

That looked so good,

I had to join you.

Nothing like a cool drink

on a hot day. Cheers.

Cheers. Yeah, they do a good

Virgin Mary if you like those.

- Not bad.

- You... you don't drink?

No.

Need a little hair

of the dog, you know?

I just needed a minute from the sun.

She's really beautiful, Nina.

You must be really excited.

Yeah, we're insanely lucky.

She's, um...

she's adopted I take it, huh?

Mm-hmm.

Where from?

- From Haiti.

- Haiti.

Why Haiti? Do you know?

I mean, do you have any...

We didn't really specify.

It was more just...

do something good for someone in need.

And anyplace where it's bad,

it's even worse for children.

I was in Haiti.

I know how bad it is there.

You were in Haiti?

Yeah, working with an NGO.

Terrible there.

Anyway, the reason

I asked you is because I admire you.

Thank you.

You know,

because I was adopted.

I was a foster kid.

You know, it's tough.

- Oh, I was adopted.

- Really?

- Yeah.

- Wow, cheers.

The world's a lot better place

for you and your husband doing it.

Thank you, that's nice.

What's your tat?

It's a poem.

Let me see your hand there.

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