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Aid groups struggle to get food, water to Haitians PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Aid workers hoping to?distribute?food, water and other supplies to ashattered?Port-au-Prince are warning that their efforts may need more?security?Friday as Haitians grow increasingly?desperate?and impatient for help. United Nations peacekeepers patrolling the capital said peoples anger is rising that aid hasnt beendistributed?quickly, and the Brazilian military warned aid convoys to add security to guard against robbery. Unfortunately, theyre slowly getting more angry and impatient, said David Wimhurst, spokesman for the Brazilian-commanded UN peacekeeping mission. I fear, were all aware that the situation is getting more?tense?as the poorest people who need so much are waiting for?deliveries. I think?tempers?might beworn out. The international Red Cross?estimated?45,000 to 50,000 people were killed in Tuesdays?severely destructive earthquake, based on information from the Haitian Red Cross and government officials. Hundreds of bodies were piled outside the city morgue, and limbs of the dead extended out from therubble?of crushed schools and homes. A few workers were able to free people who had been trapped under the?rubble?for days, but others attended to the grim task of using bulldozers to transport loads of bodies. For the long-suffering people of Haiti, the?Western Hemispheres poorest nation, shock was?giving way to?despair. We need food. The people are suffering. My neighbors and friends are suffering, said Sylvain Angerlotte, 22. We dont have money. We dont have nothing to eat. We need pure water. From Europe, Asia and the Americas, more than 20 governments, the UN and private aid groups were sending planeloads of high-energy biscuits and other food, tons of water, tents, blankets, water-purification gear, heavy equipment for removing?debris, helicopters and other transport. Hundreds of search-and-rescue, medical and other specialists also headed to Haiti. The UN World Food Program beg