A second planeload of adopted Haitian children landed in Paris Friday morning despite icy weather that forced the cancellation of many pre-Christmas flights. The adoptions are part of a French special programme to help the crisis stricken country.
A second French government-chartered plane bringing 84 Haitian children to their adoptive French parents arrived in Paris on Friday morning where icy weather had grounded many Christmas flights.
The Boeing 747 from Port-au-Prince was also carrying parents and medical personnel, after a first flight carrying 114 children arrived on Wednesday.
Having arrived from the Caribbean, the children were carried across a few metres (yards) of Paris airport tarmac under a light snowfall, many wrapped in blankets.
"I heard while I was over there that I could come back with him," said Ludovic Dehas, two-and-a-half-year-old Maxime snuggled in his arms.
http://www.france24.com/en/20101224-adopted-haitian-children-fly-paris-christmas-eve
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