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2008.08.11: August 11, 2008: Headlines: COS - Georgia: Safety: Delaware Online: Peace Corps volunteer Lindsey Harris escapes Georgia fighting
Peace Corps volunteer Lindsey Harris escapes Georgia fighting
After recently graduating from college, 21-year-old Lindsey Harris of Middletown joined the Peace Corps to put her teaching skills to good use. On June 15, Harris and 46 other volunteers were sent to the Republic of Georgia for three months of training, followed by a two-year service commitment. When Russian fighter jets started bombing part of Georgia on Friday, Harris and other volunteers were moved to safety in the mountains, her father, David, said on Sunday from his Middletown home, shortly after he spoke to his daughter. "She was scheduled to start teaching English on August 22," said David Harris, who is the music director at Middletown High School. "Then this came up totally unexpectedly." "They're leaving tomorrow morning for Armenia," he said. "The group will take a bus from Georgia to Armenia and stay there for two weeks until things settle down." Harris said his daughter hasn't seen any of the conflict but has worked with people who have had their homes bombed. "I'm sure she's upset by it," he said. "She's hanging loose in a hotel away from the fighting."
Peace Corps volunteer Lindsey Harris escapes Georgia fighting
Teacher escapes Georgia fighting
Del. woman to leave for nearby Armenia
By TERRI SANGINITI • The News Journal • August 11, 2008
The violence between Russia and Georgia hit home in a big way for one Delaware family.
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After recently graduating from college, 21-year-old Lindsey Harris of Middletown joined the Peace Corps to put her teaching skills to good use. On June 15, Harris and 46 other volunteers were sent to the Republic of Georgia for three months of training, followed by a two-year service commitment.
When Russian fighter jets started bombing part of Georgia on Friday, Harris and other volunteers were moved to safety in the mountains, her father, David, said on Sunday from his Middletown home, shortly after he spoke to his daughter.
"She was scheduled to start teaching English on August 22," said David Harris, who is the music director at Middletown High School. "Then this came up totally unexpectedly."
"They're leaving tomorrow morning for Armenia," he said. "The group will take a bus from Georgia to Armenia and stay there for two weeks until things settle down."
Harris said his daughter hasn't seen any of the conflict but has worked with people who have had their homes bombed.
"I'm sure she's upset by it," he said. "She's hanging loose in a hotel away from the fighting."
He said Lindsey, who graduated from Christiana High School in 2004, just graduated from Elon University, in Elon, N.C., with a degree in English.
She then joined the Peace Corps to volunteer to teach English to displaced people in Georgia.
David Harris said he'll feel a lot better when his daughter is safely out of the country.
"She hasn't seen any fighting," he said of the conflict. "Hopefully, tomorrow we'll have the news that she's out of the country."
Contact Terri Sanginiti at 324-2771 or tsanginiti@delawareonline.com.
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