Nurse from New Hampshire and daughter freed nearly two weeks after kidnapping in Haiti
The nurse from New Hampshire and her daughter who were kidnapped in Haiti last month have been released, according to El Roi Haiti, the non-profit she works for.
Alix Dorsainvil and her child will soon be back home after being kidnapped the morning of July 27 near El Roi Haiti’s Port au Prince campus.
“It is with a heart of gratitude and immense joy that we at El Roi Haiti confirm the safe release of our staff member and friend, Alix Dorsainvil and her child who were held hostage in Port au Prince, Haiti,” El Roi Haiti said in a statement Wednesday. “There is still much to process and to heal from in this situation, so we are asking that no attempts be made to contact Alix or her family at this time.”
Alix serves as the faith-based humanitarian group’s community health nurse and is married to the organization’s director, Sandro Dorsainvil.
“My name is Alix. I’m a nurse from New Hampshire, but now I live in Haiti,” Dorsainvil says in a video describing herself on the organization’s website. “Sandro invited me to come to the school to do some nursing for some of the kids. He said that was a big need they had.”
The U.S. Department of State issued a travel advisory to Haiti on July 27, telling Americans in the country to leave and citing kidnapping threats.
On Wednesday the State Department welcomed the release of Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter.
“We express our deepest appreciation to our Haitian and US interagency partners for their assistance in facilitating for their safe release,” said State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller. “I will say that we welcome the reports of their release. We have no greater priority, of course, than the safety and security of US citizens overseas. We express our deepest appreciation to our Haitian and US interagency partners for their assistance in facilitating for their safe release.”
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