More Than 200 Americans Evacuated From Strife-Torn Haiti, Says DeSantis

‘Even when the federal government fails to act, Florida will always step up,’ the governor says.

A man with his face covered calls on demonstrators to stop during a protest against Prime Minister Ariel Henry's government in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 1, 2024. Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters

More than 200 Americans have now been rescued from Haiti and flown to Florida since emergency airlifts began about three weeks ago.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced on April 2 that 220 Americans have been successfully evacuated from Haiti by the Florida Division of Emergency Management since the first flight on March 20.