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Moundville teenager escapes from riot-torn Haiti

Moundville teenager escapes from riot-torn Haiti
WEBVTT HEADQUARTERS. IAN: A TEENAGER IS BACK HOME TONIGHT AFTER BEING TRAPPED IN HAITI. HER STORY OF ESCAPING A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY. >> 18-YEAR-OLD JORDAN DYER PLANS TO SPEND THE SUMMER AS AN INTERN IN HAITI. MEDICAL MISSIONS, STREET MINISTRY, EVERYTHING WAS GOING WELL. ALL OF THAT CHANGED LAST FRIDAY. >> THE RIOTS, THE VIOLENCE, IT WAS SCARY KNOWING THAT WAS RIGHT OUTSIDE THE WALLS. REPORTER: JORDAN AND 40 HOURS WERE TRAPPED 40 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT -- 40 OTHERS WERE TRAPPED MILES FROM THE AIRPORT. >> I WAS FEARFUL, I WAS SCARED. REPORTER: JORDAN FOUND HERSELF TRAPPED A LONG WAY FROM HER MOUND PHIL HOME. -- MOUNDVILLE HOME. >> IF WE DO NOT TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY, IT COULD GET BAD. REPORTER: THE GROUP’S KNOCKOUT UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS AT 4:00 A.M. TO MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE AIRPORT. >> REALITY HIT. THIS IS INSANE. WE PASSED A ROADBLOCK AND IT WAS A HORSE THAT HAD BEEN SLAUGHTERED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. REPORTER: SHE MADE IT ON A PRIVATE PLANE WITH A DOCTOR FROM GEORGIA. THEY TOOK OFF FROM PORT-AU-PRINCE AT 10:04 A.M.. NOW HOME, ALL JORDAN CAN DO IS THINK OF GOING BACK. >> PEOPLE THINK I’M CRAZY, BUT WHEN GOD CALLS YOU TO DO SOMETHING, YOU DO IT. REPORTER: JORDAN SAYS HER FEAR HAS STRENGTHENED HER FAITH.
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Moundville teenager escapes from riot-torn Haiti
Just weeks after graduating high school, Jordan Dyer found herself trapped in a third world country. Hear her story of fear turning to faith.

Just weeks after graduating high school, Jordan Dyer found herself trapped in a third world country. Hear her story of fear turning to faith.

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