NEW : Relative learns they survived when she reads their story on CNN.com . An outbuilding that served as a kitchen survived . Joachin ` ` Clark '' Jean - Gilles spent his savings building hotel worth $ 2 million . Jean - Gilles and wife slept in car after quake in hotel . 30-room hotel took six years to build ; Jean - Gilles without insurance or funds to build .
NEW : Relative learns they survived when she reads their story on CNN.com . Joachin ` ` Clark '' Jean - Gilles spent his savings building hotel worth $ 2 million . Jean - Gilles and wife slept in car after quake in hotel . 30-room hotel took six years to build ; Jean - Gilles without insurance or funds to build .