Frances Robles

It's international airspace.

But to the Cubans, they shouldn't have been there.

And so the Cubans on air traffic, they're on air traffic control.

And Jose Basulta, who's the founder of Brothers to the Rescue, as he's supposed to, he announces himself to the air traffic control.

And he says, good afternoon.

This is Jose Basulta from Brothers to the Rescue.

You know, it's a beautiful day up in the skies above Havana.

And the Cuban air traffic control responds to him saying, you know, if you're below the 24th parallel, that's an activated zone.

That was the word that they used.

And he says, this is my right as a free Cuban.

And they continue their journey.

And so the Cuban government, the Cuban military shot two of the planes out of the sky, killing four people, including three U.S.

citizens.

I can't even describe for you the sense of shock throughout South Florida.

I actually attended.

A friend of mine wanted to go to the memorial service at the Orange Bowl, which was a big football stadium that we used to have.

And it was really dramatic.

I mean, it was hard to not feel...

The emotion in the room.

I remember so clearly they started calling out the names of the guys, you know, Pablo Morales.