Eleven years ago, Haiti was rocked by a seven-magnitude earthquake that killed, injured and displaced hundreds of thousands of people.

Franciscot Auguste was living in the country at the time with his mother and four other siblings.

He said Jan. 12, 2010, started out like a normal day that is until he realized the shaking he was feeling was an earthquake; he acted immediately and ran outside of the building.

20 seconds after he escaped the three storey building came crumbling down and he heard chaos around him.

Shock and adrenaline coursed through Auguste; he escaped death by seconds. He thought everyone made it out safely, but his brother was still unaccounted for.

13-year-old brother, Peterson Auguste, was killed by the earthquake.

In the days after the earthquake international foreign aid began flooding into the country; more than $13-billion was pledged to help rebuild the small Caribbean country.

On this episode of Global News What Happened To…?, Erica Vella finds out what happened to the money that was raised. She also finds out what happened to Franciscot Auguste and how his life changed after the earthquake.

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Twitter: @ericavella

Email: erica.vella@globalnews.ca

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