this man was born under a thatched palm roof and rural cuba and his mother was illiterate and had polio when he was a child. he had good timing when it came to being deported. what happened was that a few days after that order, the united states announced that there were missiles on the island of cuba. the cuban missile crisis was going on. nobody would've gotten on the airplane go to cuba, deported or ordered or not deported. the reason for that is that all the airports were closed. over the next five years, pedro victor garcia fledge the united states. he had no documents to say that he could be here. it wasn't until 1967 when the climate had changed in the law that had been passed in the year before, the justice act, went into effect, that he was able to appeal for residency again, and this time, he got it. in some respects, it has a little bit of a happy ending. but it had to be an incredibly dramatic experience of the time. and i think that is one of the reasons i kept a picture of him on my desk while i was working on this. i felt like i got to know him. quickly, i will give you t