Haiti orphans finally land in Miami
But tears flow as paperwork keeps some of them behind
Henrick from the Foyer de Sion Orphanage peers out the window of an aircraft that will transport him to America from the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Friday.
Mike Terry, Deseret News
Peter
Meuzelaar's heart is beating 90 miles a minute. He is so completely
drained after a two-week-long battle to get his three adopted children
out of earthquake-ravished Haiti, that he doesn't dare believe.
Can it be true?
\"It's
true, Pete,\" another adoptive parent's voice squawks through the phone.
\"I am sitting on the plane in Haiti with your three kids and my two
girls. They're shutting the door in 10 minutes. We're coming home.\"
Meuzelaar drops the phone. He's out of his seat, running through the office.
\"My kids — my kids are coming home,\" he tells his boss, the guy in the next cubicle, anyone who will listen.
The whole office in Park City, Utah, is clapping. Meuzelaar can't stop grinning.
Sixty-six
Haitian orphans, including Meuzelaar's three children, arrived in Miami
at 7:10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29. Their adoptive parents, most of whom live in Utah
and Idaho, spent the evening scrambling to grab last-minute flights to
meet them. For many Utah parents, the plane's landing was a joyful
ending to a years-long journey to adopt.
\"It's
just unreal,\" said Meuzelaar, 39, of Heber City, who has been trying to
adopt Jordan, D'Joe and Abigaelle for 2 1/2 years now. \"It's just been
so long. It's been one delay after another. I can't believe they're
finally here on American soil.\"
11 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28
When she went to bed Thursday night in Haiti, Lori Rosenlof, who coordinated the children's return, had no hope.
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