Flight from Florida to Haiti hit by gunfire
Dozens of passengers are back in Florida after a Spirit Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale to Haiti was hit by gunfire.
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Dozens of passengers are back in Florida after a Spirit Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale to Haiti was hit by gunfire.
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There were 47 passengers on board, all U.S. citizens escaping the civil unrest and violence in the Caribbean nation.
That unrest is only making it harder for aid organizations on the ground. That includes the work of Haiti Outreach, a Golden Valley based organization who has been helping Haitians since 1997.
The U.S. embassy in Port-au-Prince was locked down, and it warned that some routes to the compound could be "impacted due to continued rapid gunfire."
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WCCO has been asked not to identify the father, mother and two children who are members of a local Mennonite Church for ongoing safety reasons. But a photo shows the released hostages boarding a coast guard plane in Haiti to return to the U.S.
Christian Aid Ministries issued a statement Sunday saying the two "are safe, in good spirits and being cared for."
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The Trump administration said it is ending a temporary residency permit program that has allowed almost 60,000 citizens from Haiti to live and work in the United States since a powerful earthquake shook the Caribbean nation in 2010.
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An international soccer team that's overcome incredible odds gets to bring home some hardware for a job well done. A team called "Haitian Initiative", composed of young athletes from Haiti, played their way into the Championship game at Saturday night's Schwann's USA Cup. They were the runner's up. The team was able to travel from the Caribbean with the help of retired soccer pro Tony Sanneh, who's originally from Minnesota. Fifteen-thousand players from around the world came to the week-long soccer tournament in Blaine.
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About 100 doctors, nurses and pharmacists have volunteered in Haiti since the January 2010 quake.
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