Quake Caught on Video

Orderly scene shattered
By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 15, 2010 2:11 AM CST

The first seconds of the earthquake that delivered death and devastation to Haiti was captured on a videotape obtained by CBS News. The hazy film shows cars waiting to enter a roadway, when suddenly the scene shakes violently, cars careen to a stop and a large building appears to erupt in a cloud of dust.
(More earthquake stories.)

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