A Year After The Earthquake, Haitian Children Adjust To Home In The US

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January 11, 2011

Sevil Fletcher, born in Haiti, looks out the window at his new home in Penfield, N.Y. after he was adopted by an American family. (AP) — Sevil Fletcher, born in Haiti, looks out the window of his new home in Penfield, N.Y. after he was adopted by an American family. (AP)

Thousands of Haitian children were left orphaned by last year's earthquake that left more than 200,000 dead. The BBC's Laura Trevelyan recently visited a ceremony where five adopted Haitian orphans became U.S. citizens.

The citizenship ceremony was held for children adopted by U.S. parents. Two of the Haitian children were adopted by a couple from Brooklyn, who initially feared the children had been killed in the earthquake.

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This segment aired on January 11, 2011.