Motorcyclists make hasty exodus on yellow bus

The Christian Motorcyclists Association, a US based organisation that is exactly what the title implies, were attacked by angry Haitians while attempting to flee Cap-Haitien. The 11 missionaries had been in Haiti to distribute motorcycles to pastors, which clearly will not happen now. The missionaries decided to flee after UN staff were attacked by Haitians angry about the cholera epidemic. In a scene resembling one of the Mad Max movies, the bus had stopped because of a blockade the protesters had constructed. The driver attempted to reverse the bus, but more protesters (actually, at this point, I will refer to them as rioters) had moved two destroyed cars in the path of the bus. Rocks were hurrled at the bus, which smashed the windscreen and damaged part of the oil-system. The bus was incapacitated, and the rioters dragged an employee of the bus company out and promtly beat him. The bus had just enough power left in its engine for the driver to move it to the front gate of a UN peacekeeping base, where the engine seized. Chillean peacekeepers ushered the missionaries to safety. When asked what the CMA had planned to do the next day, one missionary replied, "Pray a lot."

-Caleb B. Ray