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First Ivory Coast Evacuees Leave
Aired September 26, 2002 - 11:11 ET
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DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: The latest on those students, who were caught in western Africa. About two dozen of those students were caught in the crossfire during the Ivory Coast coup attempt. They have left the country today. They were among the 200 mostly American students and staff members rescued from a religious school. Now, a cease-fire has been reached, allowing more evacuations.
Our Jeff Koinange joins us live via videophone. He is in the nation's capital with the latest.
Jeff -- hello.
JEFF KOINANGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Daryn.
We can tell you this so far. The French are calling this rescue operation, "Operation Unicorn," after that mythical Greek animal. But, Daryn, I'll tell you right now, there is no myth about what's going on here right now. It is very, very real.
So far, like you said, a couple of dozen American schoolchildren have been evacuated to neighboring Ghana. We know that the other remaining students will be evacuated in the next 24 to 48 hours.
We've also been told that there are foreign nationals on their way here to the airport right now to be evacuated. That cease-fire...
(AUDIO GAP)
KAGAN: Well, it works both ways for us. We have that incredibly interesting videophone technology that allowed us to bring you these pictures -- exclusive pictures to you earlier today that saw some of the American children being loaded up on a military plane and taken to safer headquarters than they were in Ivory Coast. But having used the videophone technology in Africa myself...
LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Yes, that's right.
KAGAN: ... I can tell you it's what they call a "crap shoot." I don't know if you can say that on TV, but it works about 25 percent of the time.
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Aired September 26, 2002 - 11:11 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: The latest on those students, who were caught in western Africa. About two dozen of those students were caught in the crossfire during the Ivory Coast coup attempt. They have left the country today. They were among the 200 mostly American students and staff members rescued from a religious school. Now, a cease-fire has been reached, allowing more evacuations.
Our Jeff Koinange joins us live via videophone. He is in the nation's capital with the latest.
Jeff -- hello.
JEFF KOINANGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Daryn.
We can tell you this so far. The French are calling this rescue operation, "Operation Unicorn," after that mythical Greek animal. But, Daryn, I'll tell you right now, there is no myth about what's going on here right now. It is very, very real.
So far, like you said, a couple of dozen American schoolchildren have been evacuated to neighboring Ghana. We know that the other remaining students will be evacuated in the next 24 to 48 hours.
We've also been told that there are foreign nationals on their way here to the airport right now to be evacuated. That cease-fire...
(AUDIO GAP)
KAGAN: Well, it works both ways for us. We have that incredibly interesting videophone technology that allowed us to bring you these pictures -- exclusive pictures to you earlier today that saw some of the American children being loaded up on a military plane and taken to safer headquarters than they were in Ivory Coast. But having used the videophone technology in Africa myself...
LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Yes, that's right.
KAGAN: ... I can tell you it's what they call a "crap shoot." I don't know if you can say that on TV, but it works about 25 percent of the time.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
