Student evacuated from Egypt tells his story to local paper

Marist College student Jeffry Hausner describes his ordeal in Egypt and susbsequent evacuation to the Poughkeepsie Journal:

“We started watching Al Jazeera,” he said. “Then, our text and Internet was shut down.”

Hausner said cell-phone service was spotty. The university announced it was delaying classes shortly after he reached his parents by phone. The family contacted Global Rescue, a private security company that arranged for Hausner to be picked up at the gates of the university the next morning.

From there, they drove through several security checkpoints and on to Alexandria, Egypt, where a 737 plane awaited them.

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