Garcon staying focused despite Haiti disaster

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01/13/2010 -

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -Indianapolis Colts receiver Pierre Garcon says he has not heard from many of his relatives in Haiti, one day after the Caribbean nation was devastated by an earthquake.

Garcon says many relatives, including aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews, live near the capital of Port-Au-Prince. He says ``we still have not heard much from them and my mom is still trying to call them.''

The second-year player was born in Carmel, N.Y., and attended high school in Florida. His parents emigrated to the U.S. from Haiti and most of his relatives still live there.

Garcon has been using his Twitter account to ask fans to help. At one point, he tweeted: ``We need the US military as soon as possible n haiti We need the 4 million Haitian that live out side of haiti to Act now, we need da world!''Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.

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