In this Oct. 5, 2018 file photo, Author Mitch Albom is interviewed in Detroit in this Oct. 5, 2018 file photo. Albom and nine others have been rescued by helicopter from Haiti after becoming stranded in the poverty-stricken and violence-torn Caribbean nation while visiting an orphanage. Albom says in a statement on X that the group was forced to shelter inside the Have Faith Haiti Mission & Orphanage in Port-au-Prince. The helicopter flew into Haiti, landing about 2:30 a.m. Monday and took the group to neighboring Dominican Republic. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio_File)
FILE - Armed members of the G9 and Family gang stand guard at their roadblock in the Delmas 6 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, March 11, 2024. Author and Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom and nine others have been rescued by helicopter from Haiti after becoming stranded in the poverty-stricken and violence-torn Caribbean nation while visiting an orphanage.(AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)