Bryan and Janelle Benedict, the Torrance parents of a Haitian orphan they are trying to bring home, flew to Salt Lake City yesterday because they believed she would be on a plane to Utah. The Benedicts, extremely frustrated and worried about the safety of their 2-year-old daughter, learned at about 6 p.m. last night that the girl was not on the plane because her paperwork wasn't processed.
The girl, named Lovely, has been granted humanitarian parole, but the government in Haiti is extremely dysfunctional after a 7.0 earthquake struck the Caribbean country on Jan. 12.
The family is waiting word, but believes the girl will now be on a plane to somewhere "near" Miami. They planned to fly there next. Stay tuned ...
In an e-mail sent last night, Bryan Benedict had this to stay: "This is so frustrating! We just want Lovely home safe with us!"
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