She earned the " Granite Lady " designation in part for her adamant refusal to permit the railway line on which the accident occurred to be rebuilt on its existing path through the downtown core . At least one observer , a Haitian immigrant living in Montreal , praised her as having been more visible and active throughout the crisis than René Préval had been following the 2010 Haiti earthquake . By August 14 , just over one month after the accident , the town had preliminary plans in place to rebuild the destroyed downtown
2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
Colette Roy-Laroche