on january 12, 2010, mark, his parents (drex and jo), and his wife aegis were working at the hands and feet project in jacmel, haiti when the earthquake struck port-au-prince. none at the project were injured by the quake, and mark was able to get the word out about the plight of the residents of jacmel via multiple skype interviews with media outlets such as cnn, msnbc and bbc, among others. he assisted with relief efforts in jacmel until he returned to the u.s. on january 22, when he continued to assist by raising funds through continued coordination of relief efforts and organization of benefit concerts.