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In September 2022, armed gangs gained control of a main fuel terminal and blocked the major road connecting Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince to the whole southern peninsula. As hijackings, kidnappings, and fuel shortages increased, David Carwell ’92, country director of Mission Aviation Fellowship, kept flying, using fuel reserves to transport missionaries, relief workers, and cargo by plane. He and his MAF team began staying at the airport rather than risk traveling home at night, and MAF decided to evacuate the families of its pilots to the US until the situation improves.