{Kentucky}...The Haitian earthquake of 2010 brought James Blanc and Pedro Jean-Baptiste to the University of Kentucky. The two became translators for a group of Lexington orthopedic surgeons who were in Haiti to repair horrendous injuries such as bones not simply broken, but crushed or poking through the skin. The physicians' group became close to the two young translators and decided to form a non-profit organization, the Kentucky Haiti Partnership, to bring the two young men to UK, where Blanc, 20, and Jean-Baptiste, 21, started classes last week as biology majors. The two men plan to get medical degrees over the next 10 years and then return to Haiti to practice medicine. Blanc says Ouanaminthe City has a couple of doctors, but no surgeons.
