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< Previous PART: ESCAPE / ARRIVAL Arrival Caribbean SeaNorthwest of Port-au-Prince, HaitiJanuary, 1991 Eleven months before the Haitians at sea…The dull whine of the jet engines increases in pitch as the aging Boeing 727 begins its approach to Port-au-Prince International Airport. Kevin instinctively tightens his seatbelt as a current of anxiety washes over him. Around … Read more
< Previous Kevin follows as Tim maneuvers his way through the crowd, waving some sort of credential whenever someone stepped aside too slowly. Following Tim through the crowd, Kevin tries to seem friendly while avoiding eye contact. Sidestepping past a group of imposing, hard faced young Haitian men, Kevin has to stop abruptly when one … Read more
< Previous Tim and Kevin round a corner in the road and see what’s causing the traffic jam. Two tractor trailers are overturned and pulled across the road, forming a zig zag path between them. The makeshift checkpoint is manned by about a dozen young men. They don’t have any visible weapons, but seem to … Read more