Michigan Charity Can't Get 'Missing' Shipment Back

Months after a missing shipment of Haiti-bound relief supplies was discovered in South Florida, the shipyard where it still sits is refusing to release it.

That’s despite pleas from the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based charity that shipped the container, which included $150,000 worth of medical and other supplies donated by more than a dozen West Michigan agencies.

“We need it to come here,” said Kim Sorrelle, executive director of Rays of Hope International, a charity that helps other agencies send relief around the world. “There are items that can be expired. A lot if it is medical supplies.”