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Freed US missionaries arrive home from Haiti

Eight American missionaries freed by a Haitian judge landed in Miami, Florida, today, nearly three weeks after the group was charged with kidnapping for trying to take 33 children out of the quake-stricken country.

Freed US missionaries arrive home from Haiti

Thu, 18 Feb, 2010 - 07:12

Eight American missionaries freed by a Haitian judge landed in Miami, Florida, today, nearly three weeks after the group was charged with kidnapping for trying to take 33 children out of the quake-stricken country.

A US Air Force C-130 cargo plane carrying the Americans landed at Miami International Airport at 5am Irish time, said Lt Kenneth Scholz of the US Southern Command.

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