Tim Tebow collaborates with Sentinel Foundation to rescue 59 children with disabilities from Haiti

The combined efforts of the Sentinel Foundation and the Tim Tebow Foundation, with guidance and assistance from Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., led to the rescue of 59 children with disabilities from Haiti via Jamaica. (Courtesy of the Sentinel Foundation)

Football legend Tim Tebow and his foundation teamed up with a nonprofit team of veteran commandos to evacuate dozens of orphans with disabilities from Haiti, but thousands remain trapped in the troubled island nation.

The operation comes as the beleaguered nation faces danger and famine following the release by gangs of thousands of prisoners and the sudden resignation of the prime minister. Tebow, long renowned for his charity work in troubled nations, worked with the Sentinel Foundation, which helped evacuate Americans from Afghanistan in 2021, to get the kids to safety in Jamaica.

"Today we are so deeply grateful," an official of the Tim Tebow Foundation, who gave only the name Steve, said of the operation. "We want to express our deep gratitude to the Jamaican Ministries of Health and Jamaican National Security and Foreign Affairs for accepting 59 children from Haiti who are severely disabled and are now relocated from danger into a safe, secure new community."

The group also credited the state of Florida, where Tebow starred for University of Florida in the early 2000s, and Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla. 

The two foundations joined forces to provide operational support and funding, with guidance from Mills, who has staged two other rescue operations from Haiti as the country’s crime crisis remains severe. 

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"I'm always happy to offer my support and resources to groups