A terrific American Dream story, this man came here as a child from Cuba and is now a big city mayor. - - Donna Poisl
from Google News
DENVER (AP) — As a child, Guillermo "Bill" Vidal shook Fidel Castro's hand shortly after he seized power in Cuba in 1959. It was, Vidal jokingly says, his first "Forrest Gump" moment, referring to the movie character who crosses paths with iconic figures throughout his life.
At the time of his second such moment — meeting Robert F. Kennedy at a Chicago airport two years later — Vidal was on his way to an orphanage in Pueblo, Colo. He was one of thousands of Cuban children flown to the U.S. in Operation Pedro Pan following Castro's revolution.
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