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American author Mitch Albom was evacuated from Haiti amid ongoing gang violence and unrest. Albom, 65, was visiting his orphanage Have Faith Haiti when he found himself stranded. 'The airports were closed, the ports were closed, the roads were closed and suddenly we had no way out,' the 'Tuesdays with Morrie' author said. Albom was among a small group of people airlifted Tuesday out of the country's capital of Port-au-Prince, the center of the civil disorder.
We pray for help in making their country safe for them again and we will be back with them the moment it is possible.' Have Faith Haiti is operated by A Hole in the Roof Foundation, a nonprofit founded by Albom. The journalist and author said he considered himself 'luckier than a lot of others' and asked people to pray for those still in Haiti. 'My wife and I are safe tonight. Many Americans, Canadians, and others who ate still stuck are not,' Albom said.
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