US organizing Haiti evacuations for Americans to escape violence

(NewsNation) — The U.S. Department of State has begun chartered helicopter flights carrying American citizens from Haiti amid rising violence in the Caribbean country. At least 1,000 U.S. citizens in Haiti have filled out crisis intake forms and contacted the U.S. Embassy for help leaving the nation, according to the State Department., as gang violence rocks the nation. Haiti is in a state of emergency as gangs have taken control of several areas in the country, including the neighborhood surrounding the U.S. embassy in Port-au-Prince. The United Nations Office for...