Molly Hightower Found Dead in Haitian Orphanage Where She Worked
Molly Hightower, an American volunteer working with orphaned children in Haiti, was found dead Thursday in the rubble of the building where she lived and worked. A search-and-rescue team found Hightower's body and informed her family Friday morning.
Molly Hightower with one of the children from the orphanage where she was volunteering. (From mollyinhaiti.blogspot.com)
The orphanage volunteer had recently visited her family in Port Orchard, Washington, and wrote in her blog that she had mixed feelings about being back in Haiti for Christmas. "On one hand, I was devastated to be away from my family for the first time for the holidays," she wrote on her blog, 525,600 Minutes. "On the other, I was so happy to be with the children for the eventful week."
Molly's parents had been waiting for news of their daughter since the quake struck Haiti on Tuesday. A friend from Boise, Idaho, Rachel Prusynski, was in Haiti to visit on Tuesday. She survived the quake, and spoke to Molly's father, Mike Hightower. "We talked to Rachel, she just described the building shaking, running for the door and the building collapsing,” Mike Hightower said.
Molly Hightower wanted to go into the field of international adoption to help children. She recently mentioned on her blog that she met with several actors who were visiting the country to meet with Father Richard Frechette (known to many as Father Rick), an activist who helps provide an education to the underpriveleged children of Haiti. One of the actors was Jimmy Jean-Louis, the Haitian-born actor from Heroes who recently found out his parents had survived the quake.
Molly Hightower with one of the children from the orphanage where she was volunteering. (From mollyinhaiti.blogspot.com)The orphanage volunteer had recently visited her family in Port Orchard, Washington, and wrote in her blog that she had mixed feelings about being back in Haiti for Christmas. "On one hand, I was devastated to be away from my family for the first time for the holidays," she wrote on her blog, 525,600 Minutes. "On the other, I was so happy to be with the children for the eventful week."
Molly's parents had been waiting for news of their daughter since the quake struck Haiti on Tuesday. A friend from Boise, Idaho, Rachel Prusynski, was in Haiti to visit on Tuesday. She survived the quake, and spoke to Molly's father, Mike Hightower. "We talked to Rachel, she just described the building shaking, running for the door and the building collapsing,” Mike Hightower said.
Molly Hightower wanted to go into the field of international adoption to help children. She recently mentioned on her blog that she met with several actors who were visiting the country to meet with Father Richard Frechette (known to many as Father Rick), an activist who helps provide an education to the underpriveleged children of Haiti. One of the actors was Jimmy Jean-Louis, the Haitian-born actor from Heroes who recently found out his parents had survived the quake.
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