"A local family is desperately trying to get to their adoptive Haitian boys"

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By Brittney Hopper
Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 7:58 p.m.


COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO -- Tanya and Aaron Ramsey tell FOX21 News, when they heard about the devastating earthquake, they went into panic mode, hoping and praying their two twin boys are alive.

When we found out the earthquake happened we just went into, we just needed to know if our children were okay, alive,” said Tanya Ramsey.

Tanya and her husband Aaron started the adoption process through “God's Littlest Angles” in august of 2008. They found out they were getting twin boys a year later and since then they've seen their boys twice, most recently during Christmas.

“It's been quite an emotional couple of days but people in our community have been outstanding. Colorado Springs have truly come together to support us and to support Haiti which is excellent,” said Ramsey.

Because of international adoption laws, the Ramsey family weren't suppose to get their boys for another six months but since the devastating earthquake they're doing all they can to bring their boys home sooner.

“What we're trying to do with our local Senators is to push the humanitarian passports and bring our children home early,” said Ramsey.

The Ramsey family says they are trying to get other adoptive Haitian kids to their adoptive parents in the United States and Canada earlier than expected to free up space at the orphanage.

“There's going to be so many orphans in Haiti, just over night the orphanages out in Haiti are already maxed out so to bring our kids home will not only help our children but also the other children who are now orphans in Haiti,” said Ramsey.