It's been more than a week since Missy and John Tennant spoke to the two teen boys in Haiti they recently adopted.
Jillian Sykes, Christina Maxouris and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNNIt's been more than a week since Missy and John Tennant spoke to the two teen boys in Haiti they recently adopted.
The Tennants are among a number of Americans working to evacuate loved ones amid rampant gang violence, political instability and an escalating humanitarian crisis in Haiti. The crisis in Haiti intensified earlier this month as criminal gangs and militias began wreaking coordinated havoc, security sources said, emptying once-bustling streets and leaving necessities including food, medicine and gas in short supply.
"We need to have our paperwork so we can jump on it and get the kids out. This is what a lot of parents are struggling with right now," she said.As the crisis continues, nearly 1,000 Americans have filled out a "crisis intake form," which helps the State Department track Americans and to ensure information on evacuations and consular services gets to them, Patel, the department deputy spokesperson, said.
Among those still trapped is missionary Jill Dolan and her family, who are stuck in Port-au-Prince. They are hiding in a guest house near the closed airport, CNN affiliate WPTV reported. "It is very hard," cofounder and CEO Bryan Stern told CNN in a video interview Monday. The group has been focused on Americans stranded in remote areas where no other rescue resources exist. That has often meant several modes of transportation are required to complete an evacuation. "We've been working day and night," Stern said.
"We're here, and we're safe," Cinotti said. "But on this end, it's like, you know, it should have been them that came first. Those things that go through your head." Friends of The Children of Haiti was founded by an American couple in 1992 and has often had to operate under challenging conditions. But in the past few months, the situation has severely worsened and the organization has completely run out of at least one critical medication, the group said.
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