ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Visions of future NFL grandeur aren't dancing in Claudell Louis' mind as the 6-foot-5, 294-pound undrafted defensive lineman stands on the edge of the Buffalo Bills' practice field Tuesday following his team's second organized team activity of the spring.
On a cloudless, 70-degree afternoon in Buffalo, his thoughts go back to a much darker day, perhaps the darkest in the history of his native Haiti: Jan. 12, 2010.
Just before 5 o'clock that afternoon, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the island nation to its core. Hospitals crumbled, homes were destroyed and by the time the over 50 aftershocks ended, an estimated 100,000 people died.