Fr. Biondi's Evacuation from Lebanon

The Post Dispatch carried a short article about Fr. Lawrence Biondi's experiences in being evacuated from Lebanon:

The Rev. Lawrence Biondi's two-day evacuation from Lebanon was filled with little sleep, violent outbursts and harrowing bombs. The president of St. Louis University described it on Sunday, two days after arriving here safely.

Last Wednesday, the university's general counsel, William Kauffman, called Biondi in his hotel room at 3 a.m. Biondi would be part of a 7 a.m. evacuation. He reported to a nearby marina at 5:40 a.m. He could feel the vibrations of bombs going off while waiting for three hours. Officials searched his bag, checked his passport and made sure he was among the 1,000 people - including nearly 400 children - on the evacuation list.