Officials at a Florida college continue to pursue “all options and avenues” to locate 12 students and two faculty members who had been staying at a 4-star hotel in Haiti that toppled following Tuesdayâ??s devastating earthquake.
Lynn University President Kevin Ross said the group was registered at Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince, a popular tourist destination that collapsed after the magnitude-7.0 earthquake in the impoverished nation. Among the group studying in Haiti were Dr. Patrick Hartwick, dean of the universityâ??s College of Education, and Dr. Richard Bruno, an assistant professor with the universityâ??s College of Liberal Education.