TAMPA, Fla. — More than 270 Americans who were stranded in Israel are now back in the U.S.
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Many were seen Sunday night getting off a charter plane at Tampa International Airport.
Gov. Ron DeSantis and his wife, Casey, greeted them as they stepped foot back on American soil.
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The state partnered with the nonprofit group Project Dynamo to get them home.
“So a lot of these people were in a real pinch. They had no help,” DeSantis said. “They were not able to get out of Israel and the state of Florida stepped up and answered the call.”
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The governor said he expects more of these flights to happen in the coming days.
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