ʻO nā mākaʻikaʻi ʻAmelika, ʻo Orlando Moore, 43, a me Portia Ravenelle, 32, i hoʻihoʻi ʻia e hoʻi i ko lākou mauna Vernon, Nu Ioka, home ma Malaki 27, i ka pau ʻana o kahi hoʻomaha ma Dominican Republic, akā ʻaʻole i hiki i ua mau kāne nei i ka kahua mokulele ma hope o ka nānā ʻana i kā lākou hōkele.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ua nalowale ka wahine ma hope o ko lākou nalowale ma mua o 2 mau pule i hala aku nei ma hope o ka nānā ʻana mai ko lākou lumi hōkele ma hope o ka hala ʻana o 4 mau lā i ke kahakai kahakai o Samana.
ʻAʻole i lohe nā ʻohana o ka wahine mai iā lāua no 13 mau lā. Ua pio kā lākou kelepona, paʻa mau kā lākou kaʻa ma Newark International Airport, a ua ʻōlelo nā luna ʻaʻohe palapala e komo ana i ka US. Ua waiho mai nā lālā o ka ʻohana i kahi hōʻike mākaʻi.
Ua haʻi ke kaikuaʻana o Moore, ʻo Lashay Turner, he kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa kā lākou i ko lākou manawa i ka Dominican Republic, akā ʻaʻohe hōʻailona o ka kaʻa. "Ke kāhea nei mākou iā DR a ʻōlelo lākou ʻaʻole lākou i lele," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Ua kamaʻilio pū mākou me kekahi ma US Customs, a ua ʻōlelo lākou ʻaʻole i hoʻi koʻu kaikunāne i kāna lele i aneʻi."
“Makaʻu wau. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu ka mea e hana nei, "wahi a Turner. "Kaumaha au, kaumaha koʻu ʻohana i kēia a makemake wale mākou i kuʻu kaikunāne e hoʻi maluhia a ola."
ʻAʻole maopopo i ka mokulele hea ke ʻano o ka lele ʻana o lāua ma ka home a pehea ka mamao mai kā lāua hōkele. Aia kahi kahua mokulele ma Samana e hāʻawi nei i nā mokulele he nui i ka mokupuni, no ʻEulopa ka nui. ʻO ke kahua mokulele kokoke loa ma ia wahi ʻo Cibao International Airport ma Santiago, kahi e hāʻawi nei i nā huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia lā i US a mai US.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi a ka mokuʻāina ma Pepeluali 12, 2019 no ka Dominican Republic i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻonui i ka akahele no ka hewa.
ʻO kahi kiʻi i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka mea hou o ka pālua i kau ʻia i ka pāpili kaiaulu e hōʻike pū ana iā lākou e holo pū ana i nā lio.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- ʻO nā mākaʻikaʻi ʻAmelika, ʻo Orlando Moore, 43, a me Portia Ravenelle, 32, i hoʻihoʻi ʻia e hoʻi i ko lākou mauna Vernon, Nu Ioka, home ma Malaki 27, i ka pau ʻana o kahi hoʻomaha ma Dominican Republic, akā ʻaʻole i hiki i ua mau kāne nei i ka kahua mokulele ma hope o ka nānā ʻana i kā lākou hōkele.
- The next closest airport in the area is the Cibao International Airport in Santiago, which offers daily flights to and from the US.
- Moore's brother, Lashay Turner, said they had a rental car during their time in the Dominican Republic, but there is no sign of the vehicle.
