The first of 53 Haitian orphans, whose orphanage was destroyed by last week's massive earthquake, is carried off an Air Force plane at Pittsburgh International Airport Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, in Imperial, Pa. The orphans will be taken for medical care and placed in group homes until their adoptions are finalized. Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and other officials escorted the children from Haiti.
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, right, arrives on a U.S. Air Force plane carrying 53 Haitian orphans,whose orphanage was destroyed by last week's massive earthquake, at Pittsburgh International Airport Tuesday, Jan 19, 2010, in Imperial, Pa.
Midge Rendell, the wife of Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, second from left, carries one of the 53 Haitian orphans arriving from Haiti at Pittsburgh International Airport aboard an Air Force plane Tuesday, Jan 19, 2010, in Imperial, Pa. The orphans will be taken to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh for medical care and be placed in group homes until their adoptions are finalized.
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, second from lower left, watches as some of the 53 Haitian orphans whom he accompanied on an Air Force plane overnight from Haiti, arrive at Pittsburgh International Airport Tuesday, Jan 19, 2010, in Imperial, Pa.
Haitian orphans, whose orphanage was destroyed by last week's massive earthquake, arrive at Pittsburgh International Airport Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, in Imperial, Pa. The orphans will be taken to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh for medical care and placed in group homes until their adoptions are finalized.
Haitian orphans, whose orphanage was destroyed by last week's massive earthquake, arrive at Pittsburgh International Airport Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 in Imperial, Pa. Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and other officials escorted the children from Haiti, where they and their American caretakers spent days in dire need of food and water.
A group of Haitian orphans, whose orphanage was destroyed by last week's massive earthquake, stand bundled together as they wait to be loaded onto to a bus after arriving aboard a U.S. Air Force plane at Pittsburgh International Airport Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 in Imperial, Pa.