Elian: 10 years later (1 Viewer)

[Sammy Traveller]

Elian Gonzalez saga still vivid for many, 10 years later

this was one year before 9/11 -- my, how times were different. Dot coms were booming, etc.

 

[littletank]

Elian Gonzalez saga still vivid for many, 10 years later

this was one year before 9/11 -- my, how times were different. Dot coms were booming, etc.

I'm still trying to figure out why anyone would want to leave Cuba.

 

[TommyGilmore]

10 years later, do any conservatives still stand behind their position that Elian should have been kept in the U.S.?

 

[Dr. Awesome]

10 years already? I'm getting old.

 

[Sammy Traveller]

10 years already? I'm getting old.

and this was a different era -- the "post-cold-war era" from 1989-2001. when people were making money hand over fist, stocks were booming, IPO valuations went into the ridiculous stratosphere, and we swooned over TheGlobe.com, Webvan and Flooz. Must have been a lot for Elian to take in.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

http://abcnews.go.com/International/exclusive-interview-elian-gonzalez-us/story?id=31113975

Exclusive Interview: Elian Gonzalez Wants to Come to the USElian Gonzalez would like to return to the United States, he tells ABC News in an exclusive interview.

"To the American people, first I say thank you for the love they give me," Gonzalez said. "I want the time to give my love to American people."

Gonzalez was found floating off of Florida's coast in 1999, after the boat he was in with his mother capsized. Gonzalez stayed with his uncle in Miami, but the 6-year-old boy soon found himself at the center of a tug of war between Cuba and the United States over whether he should remain in this country or be returned to his father in Cuba.

Today, Gonzalez says he'd like to come back to the United States, but only as a tourist, telling ABC News he'd like to see a baseball game, visit Washington museums and talk to Americans.

"For my family it has always been, we always have the desire to say to the American people, to say to each household our gratitude, appreciation and love that we have," he said. "Perhaps one day we could pay a visit to the United States. I could personally thank those people who helped us, who were there by our side. Because we're so grateful for what they did."

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abcnews.go.com/International/exclusive-interview-elian-gonzalez-us/story?id=31113975