People took cover as American soldiers from the 82nd Airborne land with Sea Hawk helicopters at the damaged Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday. Photo from The New York TimesU.S. Troops Land With Aid At Presidential Site In Haiti -- New York Times
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — United States military helicopters carrying dozens of American troops landed on the lawn of Haiti’s destroyed presidential palace on Tuesday morning, a potent symbol of the escalating United States military presence in Haiti since the earthquake that struck a week ago.
With hundreds of Haitians watching and cheering from outside the white-and-green palace gates, troops in combat fatigues bounded out of the helicopters, carrying food rations, bottled water and other gear across the grass, according to photographs and news reports from the scene.
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