A Quote by Stephen Kinzer

One October day in 1976, a Cuban airliner exploded over the Caribbean and crashed, killing all 73 people aboard. There should have been 74. I had a ticket on that flight, but changed my reservation at the last moment and flew to Havana on an earlier plane.

Stephen Kinzer

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Stephen Kinzer
American - Author
Born: August 4, 1951

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