Owen Spears

Hour Four Owen Spears

After months of preparation Owen, as part of a group of high school students, arrives in Haiti excitedly anticipating the humanitarian work they are about to fulfill. All expectations to aid the Haitian community are abandoned, as the students themselves face one of history's deadliest earthquakes. As the country is left in ruins the only goal now is to hope for rescue. As Owen witnesses the devastation that the earthquake and multiple aftershocks bring, he must rely on the kindness of locals and strangers to survive. His memoir gives a glimpse of what people are willing to offer even after they have lost everything. Hour Four is a unique telling of the 2010 disaster, through the eyes of a teenager with cerebral palsy, and the events that take place until his eventual military evacuation. Five dollars from each book sold will go to Haiti Arise, a charity based in Haiti.