The American nurse who was held captive in Haiti earlier this month with her young daughter said Monday she “holds no grudge” against her kidnappers and even offered to treat them at her clinic.
Alix Dorsainvil, sitting in a well-tended garden with crickets chirping in the background, offered the message of forgiveness for “the gangsters” who demanded a ransom after kidnapping her and her son from the Christian El Roi compound that her husband oversees.
“For the mobsters, I have a message for you: I want you to know that everything I said during my time in captivity was sincere,” Dorsainvil, speaking Haitian Creole, said in a video posted on the Christian group’s blog. Monday.
“Not the manipulative words of someone desperate to escape, but simply the truth, especially when I told them that the doors of my clinic are always open to you or anyone in need.”
Despite his harrowing experience, Dorsainvil said he would still keep his promise to treat gang members for any ailments if they entered his clinic.
Even more shocking is that the New Hampshire-born nurse said she forgives the men who held her and her baby hostage for a million-dollar ransom.
Alix Dorsainvil said in a video that she “does not hold a grudge” against the gang members who held her and her son captive.elroihaiti.com
“I want you to know that I do not hold a grudge against you in my heart. That doesn’t mean I agree with what you’re doing. Especially what they are doing against their own Haitian brothers and sisters,” she said.
“Even if the ransom is paid and the victims are released, this particular event leaves a scar on their hearts. That will never go away.”
Although he offered forgiveness, Dorsainvil criticized his captors for carrying out acts of violence in an effort to find “happiness, contentment, money, power and status to fill the void in his life.” [their] hearts.”
Students from the El Roi Academy hold a sign that says in Creole “We are waiting for Madame Alix” to demand the freedom of Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter.AP
“But I want you to know that those things will never really satisfy you. They will never fill the void in your hearts,” she stated, before adding that only religion can help.
Dorsainvil did not offer any additional details about the kidnappings, including whether or not the hefty extortion fee was paid.
She and her daughter were kidnapped by armed men who broke into the compound on July 27 while they were conducting community ministry services.
They were released unharmed 13 days later thanks to the efforts of US authorities and State Department representatives, El Roi Haiti said.
The Christian non-profit organization is run by Dorsanvail’s husband, Sandro Dorsainvil, who is the father of the boy who was taken prisoner by unidentified gangsters.
Although it’s not entirely clear who kidnapped the couple, Dorsanvail’s cell phone pinged territory dominated by the Canaan gang, a ruthless criminal organization known for carrying out kidnappings.
Dr. Samson Marseille, director of Haiti’s epidemiological department, was kidnapped the same day as Dorsainvil and his son, but has not yet been released.
Due to the increase in kidnappings, the United States ordered non-emergency government personnel and their family members to leave Haiti as soon as possible, citing “kidnappings, crime, civil unrest, and poor health care infrastructure.”
Dorsainvil is married to the founder of El Roi, Sandro Dorsainvil.AP
More than 950 people were reported kidnapped in Haiti from January 1 to August 15 as the country battles a surge in murders and kidnappings.
with publication wires
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