Posted on 12/02/2004 3:50:35 PM PST by Rakkasan1
First they tried sailing to freedom in a retrofitted 1951 Chevy.
Then it was a floating '59 Chevy pickup truck.
Finally, the family of a Cuban migrant who masterminded the escapes in vintage trucks has found freedom.
They arrived Wednesday in Costa Rica -- not in a vintage Chevy -- but on a flight paid for by the U.S. government.
Luis Grass, 30, a master mechanic dubbed a ''truckonaut'' for his conversions of the classic vehicles into seaworthy escape vessels, was among the 20 migrants taken from the U.S. Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay to Costa Rica on Wednesday.
He and his family -- wife Isora and 5-year-old son Luis Angel -- had been detained at Guantánamo since their second attempt to flee last February.
Although Grass' efforts weren't successful, they generated international headlines when photographs of the migrants on their land/sea contraption surfaced.
(Excerpt) Read more at miami.com ...
Viva el Cuba Libre!
What a darn waste of classic vehicles. I hear Cuba is full of them.
thanks for that. I still love the picture.
Socialized medicine and bans on all private gun ownership
must be pretty wonderful to take these kinds of measures.
(at least that's what the Star Tribune keeps telling us)
Bush should have immediately granted him asylum and brought him and his truck-boat to the White House for a Rose Garden Press conference to denounce Castro and declare the desire of all people to live in freedom.
Maybe a better fit on "Junkyard Wars".
I can see the reason for the "on shore" law.
"Bush should have immediately granted him asylum and brought him and his truck-boat to the White House for a Rose Garden Press conference to denounce Castro and declare the desire of all people to live in freedom."
that's a great idea!that would drive commie-lovin' dims
crazier than the Bush carrier landing.
I'm not a Chevy man, but I salute Luis Grass!
Their ingenious was able to get them off the small island that has long suffered from oppression. You see what the Cubans will do for freedom. We're so lucky.
We need people this creative. I'm sorry he was forced to go elsewhere.
I agree. This guy is the type of person I want to see in our country.
But at least he's not in Cuba anymore. Partial victory for him.
I was amused at the last sentence of the article - while in the prison camp, he was scoping out the tanks for a new effort. These crazy Cubans, they never give up!
(Of course that's what I like about them).
D
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