Richard Pet
Age: 35
Summary:
Dutch media consultant and marketing director of the Dirk Scheringa Bank in Zug, Switzerland who was among one of more than 18 Dutch
citizens
reported missing and feared dead in the aftermath of the devastating
7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti that killed about 220,000 people and injured
over 300,000 others during a series of severe aftershocks, which caused
widespread damage to at least 25,000 commercial buildings throughout the
Port-au-Prince metropolitan area and destroyed much of the infrastructures on
the West Indian island of Hispaniola, comprising the countries of Haiti and the
Dominican Republic, becoming one of the most powerful earthquakes to hit the
region in more than 200 years.
Cause of Death: Killed during an earthquake
Born: May 2, 1974
Died: January 12, 2010
Location: Petionville, Haiti
