Exactly one year ago today, Magik 9, Le Nouvelliste, and all newsrooms sharing the same time zone as Haiti began a day like any other. Around 7 in the morning, Jean Daniel Sénat began to worry when Roberson Alphonse didn't show up at Magik 9.

Almost every day of the week, with rare exceptions, Alphonse was at his post. But on that Tuesday, not only was he absent, his phone was ringing unanswered.