Benjamin Larson of LaCrosse , Wisconsin , died in the Haiti quake , his family said Thursday . Larson , his wife and cousin , all seminary students , were in Haiti helping with a church school . The building in which they were staying collapsed , and Benjamin Larson did not escape . He was found by rescuers who brought him to an American hospital where he later died from injuries suffered during the earthquake.
Benjamin Larson of LaCrosse , Wisconsin , died in the Haiti quake , his family said Thursday . Larson , his wife and cousin , all seminary students , were in Haiti helping with a church school . The building in which they were staying collapsed , and Benjamin Larson did not escape . `` He ... built love and community wherever he was , '' his mother says in a statement .