US : State Department line for those seeking information about loved ones : 1 - 888 - 407 - 4747 . With phone lines down , people in U.S. fret about loved ones on island . Complete coverage of the earthquake . ` ` We 're watching the news unfold , and I just do n't know what to think , '' she says . Haiti is most impoverished country in Western Hemisphere , plagued by violence .
US : State Department line for those seeking information about loved ones : 1 - 888 - 407 - 4747 . With phone lines down , people in U.S. fret about loved ones on island . ` ` We 're watching the news unfold , and I just do n't know what to think , '' she says . Haiti is most impoverished country in Western Hemisphere , plagued by violence .