Today is October 6th of 2022. All generations of Cubans on the island...but perhaps not Cubans in Little Havana-Miami...have since 1976 deeply mourned October 6th. On that day in 1976 a civilian airplane, Cubana Flight 455, was blown into the ocean near Barbabos. All 72 on board were killed, including two dozen teenage athletes who were returning to Havana from Caracas after winning a Central American Tournament.
On October 6-1976 the sister and mother above were among the Cubans waiting for the arrival of Cubana Flight 455 to return home to Havana. The photo above was taken when the sister and mother had just learned that Cubana Flight 455 had crashed into the ocean and there were no survivors.
Memorials and tears for the victims of Cubana Flight 455 still exist to this day. Historians immediately learned the names of the Counter Revolutionary Cubans deemed responsible for the bomb that downed Cubana Flight 455. In fact, now declassified U. S. documents, such as the one above, quickly named the perpetrators.
Most people and most nations around the world believe that "Cuba should be removed from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism." In October of 2022 it is a short list: Cuba, North Korea, Syria, and Iran.
The U. S. has imposed an exhaustive EMBARGO against Cuba since 1962. And adding Cuba to the short list of nations that are Sponsors of Terrorism merely adds to the torment on the island, which remains acute in October of 2022.
Of course, innocent Cuban mothers -- including the mothers of teenage athletes who died in the terrorist bombing of Cubana Flight 455 -- cry and endlessly mourn like other mothers.
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