‘Tuesdays With Morrie’ Author Evacuated From Haiti Amid Rising Gang Violence
A group of 10 Americans, among them prolific author Mitch Albom, were evacuated from the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday amid chaos and spiraling civil disorder as gangs overrun the country.
The 65-year-old novelist was left stranded when the violence exploded late last month amid a trip he and his wife had been leading to visit his orphanage, Have Faith Haiti, he said in an Instagram post confirming he was back in the United States.
“We were luckier than a lot of others,” he said, adding in the caption that many others, including Haiti’s population, remained under threat.