Delatour Preval was thrust into the international recovery efforts in January 2010 following the 2010 Haiti earthquake , which devastated Port-au-Prince and the surrounding region . The First Lady and President both escaped the National Palace , which collapsed in the earthquake . The couple were about to enter the private , presidential living quarters in the National Palace when the earthquake struck . Both were able to move away from the palace before the building collapsed . False rumors initially spread in Port-au-Prince that Delatour Preval had been killed in the quake
2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
Elisabeth Delatour Préval