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In this photo taken Feb. 24, 2010, Bazelais Suy grimaces in pain as he attempts to stand at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago while recovering from surgery to repair his shattered spine. Suy is a Haitian student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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In this photo taken Feb. 24, 2010, a therapist helps Bazelais Suy stand with parallel bars at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago while recovering from surgery to repair his shattered spine. Suy is a Haitian student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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In this photo taken Feb. 24, 2010, in Chicago, Bazelais Suy works with therapist Kate Silverman, and translator Ilyas Bourchid at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago while recovering from surgery to repair his shattered spine. Suy is a Haitian student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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In this photo taken June 22, 2010, Bazelais Suy, works with therapists at Glencrest Nursing & Rehabilitation Centre in Chicago. Suy is a Haitian student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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In this photo taken June 22, 2010, Bazelais Suy returns to his room after working with rehab therapists at Glencrest Nursing & Rehabilitation Centre in Chicago. Suy is a Haitian student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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In this photo taken June 22, 2010, Bazelais Suy, center, walks with the help of Dr. Dan Ivankovich and registered nurse Rosite Merentie at Glencrest Nursing & Rehabilitation Centre in Chicago. Suy is a Haitian student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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In this photo taken June 22, 2010, Bazelais Suy, walks with the help of Dr. Dan Ivankovich and registered nurse Rosite Merentie at Glencrest Nursing & Rehabilitation Centre in Chicago. Suy is a Haitian student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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In this photo taken June 22, 2010, Bazelais Suy, left, and Dr. Dan Ivankovich hug after Suy's rehab session at Glencrest Nursing & Rehabilitation Centre in Chicago. Suy is a Haitian student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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In this photo taken June 22, 2010, Bazelais Suy talks with doctors at Glencrest Nursing & Rehabilitation Centre in Chicago. Suy is a student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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In this photo taken June 22, 2010, Bazelais Suy, right, Dr. Dan Ivankovich and registered nurse Rosite Merentie discuss plans to send Suy home from Glencrest Nursing & Rehabilitation Centre in Chicago. Suy is a Haitian student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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In this photo taken July 5, 2010, Bazelais Suy, left, and Dr. Dan Ivankovich make their way into O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, as Suy returns to his native Haiti. Suy is a Haitian student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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In this photo taken July 5, 2010, in Chicago, Bazelais Suy waits for his flight at O'Hare International Airport to return to his native Haiti. Suy is a Haitian student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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In this July 5, 2010 picture, Bazelais Suy shakes hands with a police officer as he arrives in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, at the Toussaint Louverture airport. Suy is a student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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In this July 5, 2010 picture, Bazelais Suy, right, embraces nurse Rosite Merentie as he talks with friends in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Suy is a student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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In this July 6, 2010 photo, Bazelais Suy, center, talks with Dr. Dan Ivankovich, right, at Suy's new apartment in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Suy is a student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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In this July 6, 2010 photo, Bazelais Suy, center, cries in front of his cakes during his birthday party in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Suy is a student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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Mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke as seen from Tanah Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. The volcano shot volcanic ash high into the air Tuesday, dusting villages 15 miles away in its most powerful eruption since awakening last week from four centuries of dormancy. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

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Smoke from a wildfire that broke out on Monday, Sept. 6, 2010, fills the sky in the mountains between Four Mile Canyon and Left Hand Canyon northwest of Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Denver Post, Kathryn Scott Osler)

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A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image taken on Monday, Sept. 06, 2010, at 10:45 a.m. EDT shows clouds associated with Tropical Storm Hermine spinning in the western Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)

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A worker carries a piece of wreckage as federal investigators and local officials scour Holy Cross Cemetery in Butte, Mont., in March 2009 after a small plane crashed there, leaving 14 dead. (Associated Press)