Military rescues stranded B.C. teens, chaperones from remote Haitian town

Military | 207222 hits | Jan 17 10:35 am | Posted by: wildrosegirl

Canadian soldiers came to the rescue of a group of stranded B.C. teenagers and their chaperones Sunday, retrieving them from a remote town outside Port-au-Prince and bringing them back to the relative safety of the Canadian Embassy in the Haitian capital.

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by martin14
Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:14 pm
so some good news at least.
by wildrosegirl
Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:21 pm
And they're not charging $100K
by martin14
Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:40 pm

true, but they only made it as far as the embassy.

so far.
by Yogi
Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:31 pm
Since it is 'us' who are 'paying their way' home, should'nt their ticket refunds go to 'us'?
by KorbenDeck
Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:47 pm
I wanna slap the parents for getting mad at the government. Despite what some people seem to think the Canadian government is not all powerful and can't just roll up and pick someone up anywhere in the world and then take them home at a moments notice.

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