• The Raid

  • Oct 23 2024
  • Length: 32 mins
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The Raid

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  • As negotiations failed, the U.S. government had been carefully planning for the possibility of taking Elián by force. Then on Easter Weekend, the order came. Armed agents stormed the house in a pre-dawn raid, armed with tear gas and semi-automatic rifles. They smashed down the door of the Miami home where Elián's relatives were keeping him.

    Donato Dalrymple, the man who had rescued Elián at sea, grabbed the boy and hid with him in a closet, but there was nowhere else to go. A news photographer caught the moment on camera, creating an image that would reverberate around the world — including in Cuba.

    In this episode, we hear first hand accounts of the night of the raid, from the INS commander of the operation, a family lawyer who was inside the house that evening, and a Cuban exile activist who was outside the Little Havana home.

    This season's cover art by Ranfis Suárez Ramos.

    Thanks to These Archival Sources:

    Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives

    Original Material Appeared In:

    CBS Evening News

    C-SPAN

    NBC 6 South Florida

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