Time flies and we celebrate another anniversary of the Cuban-American experience. The picture above shows parents saying goodbye to their children and putting them in a plane headed to Miami.
We remember another anniversary this week:
"It hardly seems possible, but it’s been 50 years since Operation Pedro Pan began the airlift that eventually that brought 14,000 unaccompanied children from Cuba to this country." (Babalu Blog)
The Pedro Pan program touched every one of us in a very special way.
We salute the wonderful people who led this program.
We remember the late Father Walsh and all of the wonderful nuns who cared for the children. It was indeed a work of love!
How do you say "thank you" or "gracias" to so many people? I think that you say "thank you" by standing up for freedom and remembering the sacrifice that our parents made for us.
P.S. In a previous show, we spoke with Carlos Eire, the wonderful Cuban American author, who was one of these kids. Carlos discussed his book "Learning to die in Miami":
We salute the wonderful people who led this program.
We remember the late Father Walsh and all of the wonderful nuns who cared for the children. It was indeed a work of love!
How do you say "thank you" or "gracias" to so many people? I think that you say "thank you" by standing up for freedom and remembering the sacrifice that our parents made for us.
P.S. In a previous show, we spoke with Carlos Eire, the wonderful Cuban American author, who was one of these kids. Carlos discussed his book "Learning to die in Miami":