Relief song for haiti free#

WAMSLEY: She said protecting the welfare of Americans overseas and freeing Americans held against their will is a top priority of the Biden administration. government has been working tirelessly over the past two months to get them released and get them the medical care and support they need after an ordeal like this. KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: We are thankful for the FBI, the State Department and Haitian law enforcement officials, who have been working tirelessly to get these missionaries safely home. But she declined to give details on how they were released. White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday that the White House welcomed the news of their release and that they were getting the care they need.

Relief song for haiti free#

State Department and the FBI had been part of the effort to free the hostages. On Thursday, the group thanked the public for their prayers and praised God for the return of their loved ones. mission group, is a relief and service organization connected to the Amish and conservative Mennonite communities. It's not known what, if any, money changed hands to secure their release.Д¬hristian Aid Ministries, the U.S. The kidnappers initially demanded a ransom of a million dollars per hostage.

WAMSLEY: The missionaries were seized by a violent Haitian gang, 400 Mawozo, while the group traveled to visit an orphanage in October.

Carleton Horst is a member there.Д¬ARLETON HORST: Feeling great and, you know, relieved and just trusting and praising the Lord for it. Several of those kidnapped are members of the Hart Dunkard Brethren Church in Western Michigan. All 17 are now safe, according to the mission group. And five children were among them, the youngest just 8 months old. Those abducted included 16 Americans and one Canadian. Five of the hostages had already been released. Their release was announced by the Haitian National Police as well as Christian Aid Ministries, the Ohio-based group that organized the mission trip to Haiti. LAUREL WAMSLEY, BYLINE: Two months to the day after the missionaries were abducted by a gang outside Port-au-Prince, the remaining 12 hostages were freed. Violence remains an ongoing problem in Haiti, as does political instability. All 17 of the missionaries kidnapped in Haiti two months ago have now been freed and should be heading back to the U.S.