Jul 13, 2026
33 min
Az Hamilton - Riots, Rubble and Redemption
In 2008, host Rodney Olsen travelled to Haiti with a group of Australian radio presenters, including Az Hamilton, on a trip organised through Compassion Australia to witness their work releasing children from poverty. What began as an eye-opening visit to local projects quickly turned into a fight for survival as food riots erupted across Port-au-Prince, trapping the group between barricades, armed mobs and gunfire-like explosions of shattering glass.
In this revisited and re-edited episode, Az and Rodney share their side-by-side memories of that harrowing 24 hours, from sheltering in a Compassion office as a rock smashed through a large window, to a tense evacuation through a slum where they wondered if they would get out alive. Along the way, they reflect on an answered prayer felt an ocean apart, a small child's joy found amid chaos, and how the experience ultimately reshaped both of their lives and callings.
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