Comments on: A Kidnapping in Haiti

By: Michelle Petit-Sumrall

Michelle Petit-Sumrall — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:12:21 +0000

My cousin’s husband, Rénald Nicolas, was similarly kidnapped in 2006. Rumor has it he was tortured before he was killed. His body was never found.

My mother told me recently of another child, age 11 or 12, who was kidnapped. This time, the kidnappers, these thugs, popped the child’s eye out before dumping him (I think it was a boy) in the trash. This was maybe a week or so before the earthquake.

These stories are common, and they are legion in Haiti. I truly hope your book sells well enough to make a real difference, just as “Never without my daughter” helped shape the provisions of the Hague Convention that deal with children traveling abroad.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:16:28 +0000

What does that have to do with this piece of writing? This writer has given us something complicated. Why reduce it to this single religious statement?

By: tina

tina — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:22:39 +0000

Just keep in mind people,this is not only a piece of writing, it is a true event. Real people, true men & women of the Lord living their life in obiediance to Him.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:36:30 +0000

Harrowing, insightful writing, Kyle. Thank you for telling these stories and looking forward to reading the book. Your talent is really appreciated, and your heart.

Mike Lohre

By: Susannah Rickards Cherry

Susannah Rickards Cherry — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:34:53 +0000

What a powerful, shattering piece. At least this part ends in a reunion, but who knows what happens next? The brutality, the injustice, both human and beyond human control, is so far outside my understanding i don’t even know how to respond. Except to say thanks for bringing our attention in the West to the lives of people like Francky. You do it well and you clearly care. Keep doing it.

Susannah

By: Simon John Cox

Simon John Cox — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:53:13 +0000

Matt Bell tweeted about this (get me, I’m in the 21st century!) and I’m glad he did. Fantastic piece.

Simon

By: gaydegani

gaydegani — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:03:00 +0000

This is stunning, that people live in this kind of fear. We know it, but we turn away, constantly away. Thanks for sharing this.