The group, including children, navigated by the stars as they trekked through the bush to freedom.
Fifteen of the 17 missionaries who were held hostage in Haiti
The group made their escape at night and used the stars for navigation to trek through dense bush for hours, a church spokesman told reporters. "When they sensed the timing was right, they found a way to open the door that was closed and blocked, filed silently to the path they [had] chosen to follow and left the place that they were held," church spokesman Weston Showalter said at a news conference in Ohio.
The group included a married couple, a 10-month old baby, and children aged three, 14 and 15. There were also four adult men and two women.He explained how the group, including all of the children, remained silent during the ordeal and that the infant was wrapped in clothing to protect her from the prickly briars.
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