People take cover from gunfire near the National Palace, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 21, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Watch a Canadian's helicopter escape from HaitiDavid Rocheleau recorded his rescue flight from Haiti amid worsening gang violence in the country. But Rocheleau expressed frustration with Canadian officials after he says the business he worked with paid tens of thousands of dollars to a private rescue company to get him out.When the helicopter finally left the ground from a grass field in Haiti, David Rocheleau says he finally felt a sense of relief.
But Tanya English said when her Canadian relative trapped in Haiti attempted to reach out for help, GAC was no help.CBC News is not identifying English's relative in Haiti in order to protect their safety, but it has been in direct contact with the relative, who is trying to conserve their phone battery amid an electricity shortage and granted English permission to share their story.
"They get this glimmer of hope, thinking, 'Ah, finally,' and then they're completely shattered again," English said. "They're just getting absolutely utterly depressed because absolutely nobody cares." But unlike Rocheleau, who waited on standby for two days at a hotel with armed guards hired to keep his group safe, the days went by and Project DYNAMO was unable to obtain the air clearance to get the Canadian out of Haiti."I have four helicopters sitting 20 minutes away from me right now — idle," said Bryan Stern, the founder and CEO of Project DYNAMO. "They're fuelled, they're funded, they have pilots.
Since the violence erupted, Álvarez said, about 500 people have received permission to fly from Haiti to the Dominican Republic.
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