Luxury homes had been build at the top of the hill, making the hill unstable. Despite protests by the people who had homes where our delegation's feet now stand, the government allowed the construction. Today there is dirt where houses used to stand. We have a page dedicated to earthquake information. Click here to visit that page.
Plastic shacks provide temporary shelter today.
Hundreds of thousands of homes were destroyed by this earthquake. Although they had originally agreed to allow displaced families to live on their vacant land, wealthy landowners refused to allow these shacks to remain, forcing families to move into the rubble of the city. Members of the 2000 and 2001 delegations marched and worshipped with thousands of people from El Salvador and around the world as they remembered Archbishop Romero. Today, Archbishop Romero, a hero and martyr for the poor of El Salvador, is on the fast-track to sainthood. We were also blessed to be able to attend a smaller service in honor of Archbishop Romero on the 25th.