Key takeaways:
- Alix Dorsainvil, originally from New Hampshire, was kidnapped along with her daughter near Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince on Thursday.
- Dorsainvil had been working as a community nurse for the religious and humanitarian aid group El Roi Haiti when she and her daughter were taken from its campus.
- Local authorities and the organization are working together to bring Dorsainvil and her daughter home safely.
An American nurse and her child were kidnapped near Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince on Thursday, prompting a search and rescue mission by local authorities.
Alix Dorsainvil, originally from New Hampshire, had been working as a community nurse for the religious and humanitarian aid group El Roi Haiti when she and her daughter were taken from its campus. Her husband, Sandro Dorsainvil, is the organization’s founder and director of operations in Haiti.
Dorsainvil first visited Haiti soon after the 2010 earthquake and “fell in love with the people,” according to the organization. She had been serving in the organization’s community ministry when she and her child were kidnapped.
Chants of “freedom” echoed through the streets outside the aid facility on Monday as local authorities searched for the missing woman and child. Witnesses told the Associated Press that Dorsainvil was working in her organization’s small brick clinic when a group of armed men burst in and took her and her daughter.
The search for Dorsainvil and her daughter continues as the organization and local authorities work to bring them home safely.
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