MizzleTizzle
01-16-2004, 08:16 PM
??? = This report doesn't exactly sit well with me.
I realize the large cuban community in/around Miami but sheesh, does reading this sound like things are gonna go batshit once Uncle Fidel abdicates this mortal coil?
Hey, I'm the Miami-ite, so I can ask, straight away; is my City gonna burn when Castro dies? I really hope not, but sheesh people are getting paranoid, like, ummm... me...
And what about Cuba?
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Rumors of Castro's death sweep Miami-Dade -- again
Herald Staff Reports
Uncorroborated rumors that Cuban President Fidel Castro had died or suffered a stroke buzzed around Miami-Dade County on Friday, with anxious callers inundating police departments, media outlets and exile groups.
''We've gotten hundreds of calls, mostly from the media, but also from our own officers and some members of the public,'' said Miami-Dade police spokesman Randy Rossman. ``At this point, we are not mobilizing anyone for anything special at this time.''
A foreign correspondent in Havana took a precautionary drive past Castro's offices in the Palace of the Revolution Friday afternoon and reported that all seemed normal.
Officials at the Cuban American National Foundation said many of the 100-plus callers who phoned their Miami office said they saw or heard about something on TV that suggested Castro might have suffered a stroke or worse.
''It's a rumor that started yesterday,'' CANF executive director Joe Garcia said Friday afternoon.
``It's wishful thinking. I don't have anything on it. But it's gotta be right some time.''
Miami News (http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/7729760.htm)
I realize the large cuban community in/around Miami but sheesh, does reading this sound like things are gonna go batshit once Uncle Fidel abdicates this mortal coil?
Hey, I'm the Miami-ite, so I can ask, straight away; is my City gonna burn when Castro dies? I really hope not, but sheesh people are getting paranoid, like, ummm... me...
And what about Cuba?
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Rumors of Castro's death sweep Miami-Dade -- again
Herald Staff Reports
Uncorroborated rumors that Cuban President Fidel Castro had died or suffered a stroke buzzed around Miami-Dade County on Friday, with anxious callers inundating police departments, media outlets and exile groups.
''We've gotten hundreds of calls, mostly from the media, but also from our own officers and some members of the public,'' said Miami-Dade police spokesman Randy Rossman. ``At this point, we are not mobilizing anyone for anything special at this time.''
A foreign correspondent in Havana took a precautionary drive past Castro's offices in the Palace of the Revolution Friday afternoon and reported that all seemed normal.
Officials at the Cuban American National Foundation said many of the 100-plus callers who phoned their Miami office said they saw or heard about something on TV that suggested Castro might have suffered a stroke or worse.
''It's a rumor that started yesterday,'' CANF executive director Joe Garcia said Friday afternoon.
``It's wishful thinking. I don't have anything on it. But it's gotta be right some time.''
Miami News (http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/7729760.htm)