Haitian children rescued from crisis and brought to adoptive families

Plano family grateful after tense operation to bring 7-year-old daughter from Haiti

Violence and turmoil in Haiti kept a family in Plano, Texas, apart until the harrowing and emotional journey to bring a little girl home ended safely.

A top-secret, special ops rescue was needed for a Fargo family’s adoption in Haiti

FARGO — It’s an incredible, almost unbelievable story that is still unfolding for a Fargo family who just got their adopted daughters from Haiti, after a “made-for-TV” rescue. It involved special forces, a helicopter, a surprise landing in the gang-controlled capital of Port-au-Prince, and finally, Tuesday night, the first in-person meeting of the girls with their new Fargo parents, who were waiting in Florida. Maribeth and Jake Joraanstad, of …

A top-secret, special ops rescue was needed for a Fargo family's adoption in Haiti

FARGO — It's an incredible, almost unbelievable story that is still unfolding for a Fargo family who just got their adopted daughters from Haiti, after a "made for TV" rescue. It involved special forces, a helicopter, a surprise landing in the gang controlled capital of Port-au-Prince, and finally Tuesday night, the first "in-person" meeting of the girls with their new Fargo parents, who were waiting in Florida. It is an extraordinary adoption s…

Grey Bull Rescue helps 2 families bring adoptive daughters from Haiti to the U.S.

Two out-of-state couples met their adoptive daughters from Haiti in person on Tuesday after a Tampa nonprofit rescued them from the Caribbean country.

Haitian children rescued from crisis and brought to adoptive families

The Smith family from Plano, Texas came to Tampa full of hope and now they have their daughter.This is crazy. Its all been hitting all at once," said Kathleen Smith.Two years ago, they matched with a little girl from Haiti, named Love Ester.But with gang violence and much of the country in chaos, theyve been dealing with the unknown.Our agency went back and forth on whether she might be coming home any day. They may pull her out. They may not," …

Families to reunite with adopted children from Haiti