Dalembert reflects on aftermath of Haiti earthquake

January 12th, 2012

 
As he describes the children who rob him because they have no choice, with Rockets teammates Jordan Hill and Hasheem Thabeet listening in stunned silence, Samuel Dalembert throws his head back and laughs.
 
It is not Haitian, he said, to cry. Besides, those boys don’t know he would give them anything.
 
As Dalembert tells of his first visit to Haiti in the days after the earthquake, there is pain in each word, anguish on his face. Even as he describes the work to be done, frustration fights with determination. Determination wins.
 
He will speak of all he has done and still plans to do. These are not dreams, though he has them, too. It is much more real than that. But in each telling, with every emotion so close to the surface in the days before Thursday’s second anniversary of the devastating earthquake, the sentiment that fills and drives Dalembert most is pride.
 
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