Haiti, so what?

It's a mix of depression and rage.
I sat down at my school's lobby and started reading the Seattle Times. I tried to start a conversation with someone about the front page story on Haiti's earthquake, and all I got was a: ¿What happened?
¿What happened? ¿Seriously? Tens of thousands are dying, and there aren't enough resources and technology to save their lives. CNN stopped transmitting news and began transmitting Haiti news during the whole night on Tuesday and Wednesday. Most newspapers had pictures of children dying on their front pages and they still didn't not know what had happen.
But why would they care?
Because human beings are dying, human beings are loosing their entire families, human beings are suffering and not getting help on time. But the question might be, how would we know about this?
If you could at least take a few minutes everyday to open a newspaper and check the headlines you would know that there is more people in the world. Being informed is just a compassionate act, acknowledging that there is suffering in the world and understanding the situations that lead to the catastrophes that happen is just the least we can do.
Could you imagine being trapped in a country were thousands of people are dying, needing help, needing food and water, and your parents are trapped a couple of feet under your house roof? You will hope with all your heart that someone in another country will care and do something about it.
I personally have decided to be that person, and take some responsibility by reading and writing, because awareness leads to action.