July 16, 2004
Gracias a Dios
It means "Thanks to God." It is also the name of a remote area in Honduras that was the end and the beginning of the journey for freedom of 4 Cuban rafters.
They lived a harrowing experience at sea. Cuba to Honduras is a much greater distance than Cuba to the US. They were thrown in jail for almost a month and then had to swim an hour and a half to shore after being dumped off the coast of Honduras by a smuggler.
Imagine how those men must have felt when finally reaching freedom yet knowing that they were only halfway done with their journey. From Hunduras they would need to travel through numerous countries to ultimately try to cross the Mexican border into the US.
All of this for the freedoms you and I sometimes take for granted.
Thanks to Scott of Burton Terrace for the link.
Posted by Val Prieto at July 16, 2004 08:18 AM
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All this effort to leave the 'paradise' that the Left say Cuba is...how odd.
Posted by: Ral at July 16, 2004 08:07 PM
We should open our borders to these folks whether intercepted on land or sea. I'm ashamed that we send women and children back into communism, or force folks like this to dare the extra hundred miles to Honduras.--s
Posted by: j.scott barnard at July 17, 2004 12:47 PM
