Poetic Irony

Haiti:
"The room where I lived is ashes," he said. "It was Thursday that they could pull my roommate out from the rubble."

Hollywood:
"It's really a hell of a thing to go to work in a place where everybody gives a damn. That's really the case with 'Dexter,'" Hall said. "It's a dream job. I'm so grateful."
Haiti:
"Don't bother cleaning the leg -- we'll have to amputate," Bonnet instructed, referring to a woman with an open compound fracture below her right knee.
Hollywood:
The Vegas bachelor bash 'The Hangover' won for best musical or comedy, bringing uncharacteristic awards attention for broad comedy, a genre that often gets overlooked at Hollywood honors.
Haiti:
Ordinarily, the wound would be treated, but it had been allowed to fester since the earthquake struck. If doctors did not amputate, the patient would likely die from infection,
Hollywood:
Though one of Hollywood's biggest parties, the Globes bore somber reminders of tragedy in the real world, many stars wearing ribbons in support of earthquake victims in Haiti.
Haiti:
Bloated and deformed, corpses lined the top of the former school, now reduced to a pile of concrete. An industrial lift picked up bodies and dropped them into the bed of a truck, to be delivered to the field behind the hospital, which people have begun referring to as the morgue.
Hollywood:
Umbrellas were a must-have accessory for celebrities walking the red carpet outside the Beverly Hilton Hotel as southern California's dry winter suddenly turned wet. "It's raining a lot -- I'm worried that my tattoos are going to start showing,"
Haiti:
"It's criminal. The world has to mobilize faster," he said.