. >> reporter: cautiously ommystic. >> they are risking their life, asking for freedom. that's enough for me. they don't have to fight like i did. >> reporter: he knows thousands of cubans will continue risking their lives to flee the country snee i really wish well for those people. they are offering their lives just to escape from cuba. they are brave people. freedom frp all cubans. many cubans now have access stoophones and internement. some hope president elect donald trump will lift it further, lifting the embargo. >> there is great admiration on both sides. >> reporter: the only thing certain is that those back in cuba will hav going forward. >> president elect donald trump speaking out about the death of castro. "today marks the passing of a brutal dictator who oppressed his own people. handle of friendship to the cuban people. this moment fills cubans in cuba and in the united states with powerful emotions, recalling the countless ways that he altered the course of individuals." rubo tweeted this, calling president's statement pathetic. >>> it got so chilly so fa