“We all have similar needs - food, water and shelter. “We just want everybody treated the same.” “Definitely, there’s a lot of tension,” he says. Pastor Telairin acknowledges the tension that just flared. “We’re here to offer guidance and translations.” “We make it our business to be here, because what you don’t want is a boatload of persons getting off and there’s nobody to say ‘hi, you’re safe, you’re OK,'”Arty, of UHAB, says. “Even though there’s irregularities, I want things to go smoothly.”ĭalier next returns with a shiny black Toyota SUV and gathers the Johnson family up and drives them away. When Dalier comes back, he brings a bucket of KFC and a liter of Pepsi. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel) Joe Burbank/Orlando. When Dalier returns, he’s in agreement with Hank Johnson. The sun sets gloriously over Lake Eustis in Tavares following Hurricane Dorian's blow over Florida on Wednesday evening, September 4, 2019. “If we didn’t come here, he would have treated them all like dogs. “That’s the way it is, that’s the way it is,” Pastor Telairin says. He steps aside to speak with Hank Johnson. “It’s so wrong,” he chastises one more time.Īnd out of the blue the Haitian ambassador to The Bahamas, Dorval Dalier, shows up in black jeans and flip flops. “There’s no division here, as if one group is being treated better than others, that’s not so, that is not so.” “What they’re saying is not the truth,” Johnson says. “They were treated like royalty on the boat yesterday,” he says, nostrils flaring, upper lip quivering. This is Hank Johnson, he says he’s a member of parliament and heads the committee responsible for organizing transport from the storm-battered islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama to Nassau. “That’s wrong … don’t do that, because we have a place for everyone of you all. Maria Torres, a meteorologist with the National Hurricane Center in Miami, said. “I represent the government! Don’t you come here and paint this bad picture,” a voice thunders in a berating tone as an angry man shakes a finger at the 15 or so Haitians gathered under a tarp. As of Wednesday evening, Hurricane Adrian was nearly 400 miles southwest of the coastal Mexican city of Manzanillo. In the same moment, shouting begins a few feet away. Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel Fort Lauderdale Hot grill summer: South Florida’s biggest comfort-food bashes bring wings, burgers, tacos and vegan BBQ By Phillip Valys Jat 7:00. J10:59 AM PT SAN DIEGO A 31-year-old pedestrian who was struck by a pickup and killed earlier this month on state Route 94 near downtown San Diego was identified as a Colorado. (Mike Stocker / South Florida Sun Sentinel)įive-year-old little Chedler Joseph run into his father’s open embrace.Ĭhenet Joseph scoops his boy into his arms, his face contorts with emotion. Hurricane Dorian’s winds regained some strength as the system continued to crawl up the South Carolina coast Thursday afternoon, coming within 45 miles of Myrtle Beach as the neighboring state of. Chenet Joseph is reunited with his son Chedler, 5 on the dock in Nassau after taking a ferry from Abaco to escape the damage after Hurricane Dorian.
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