Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is like Detroit, says actor Sean Penn

NEW YORK (AP) -- As the three-year mark approaches of the devastating earthquake in Haiti that killed, injured and displaced hundreds of thousands of people, actor- activist Sean Penn describes life in the country's capital city. In the January issue of Esquire magazine, Penn compares Port-au-Prince to Detroit, saying, "It's not more dangerous, it's not less dangerous." Penn founded a relief organization in response to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. He still spends about half his time there. The two-time Oscar winner says a child with a fever in the U.S. gets medicine, a cold bath, or a trip to the emergency room. In Haiti, he says, parents wait "to see if he's going to die or not." The January issue of Esquire goes on sale Jan. 18. ---------- Online: http://www.esquire.com/ http://www.jphro.org/ Published: Thu, Dec 13, 2012