Haiti earthquake

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The family of Molly Hightower got the call they were dreading this morning:

in Haiti had died in this week's catastrophic earthquake.

Hightower's remains were found early today by search and rescue crews. Her brother, Mike Hightower, said the family got word about Molly early this morning.

Hightower, 22, of Port Orchard, Wash., has been a volunteer for

since June. She was living on the fifth floor of the building that crumbled under the force of the quake.

Her friend, Rachel Prusynski, a fellow UP grad, was pulled from the rubble with a broken arm and lacerations. She was taken to the U.S. Embassy and then transported to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. She then was flown to Florida, where she contacted the Hightowers to tell them what happened.

On Thursday, the Hightowers spotted an article on the Web about a Virginia-based search and rescue team that was searching through the rubble of Hightower's building.

Hightower had been chronicling her experiences on her blog,

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MOLLY HIGHTOWER VIDEOS FROM HAITI





"Today was the Universal Day for the Handicapped, so we had a big program at Kay St. Germaine with the preschoolers and some of the Kenscoff kids coming down as well. The volunteers started off at mass at the hospital, with Father Rick back in town. After that, we went to bless the babies that died in the hospital the night before, which I’ve never done before. It was devastating to see them be unwrapped, cleaned, blessed and rewrapped to be buried. 2 children died last night, and 3 more the night before so there were several bodies on the tables. The hospital, on average, loses 2 or 3 children a day."

From Molly Hightower

. (See related video below)