NEW : the Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center line for those seeking information about loved ones : more than four -888-407-4747 . With phone lines down , Americans in Haiti fret about loved ones on island . `` We 're watching the news unfold , and I just do n't know what to think , '' woman says . Haiti is the most impoverished nation in the Western Hemisphere . Haiti is most impoverished country in Caribbean island , plagued by violence .
NEW : the Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center line for those seeking information about loved ones : more than four -888-407-4747 . With phone lines down , Americans in Haiti fret about loved ones on island . `` We 're watching the news unfold , and I just do n't know what to think , '' woman says . Haiti is most impoverished country in Caribbean island , plagued by violence .