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MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLA. (WSVN) - Americans stuck in Cuba after the United States shut down air travel into the country have finally returned home after weeks away.
Angela Kim, whose father returned home from Cuba said, “I’m a proud American because the U.S. embassy heard my cry to get my father out of the country.”
After nearly a month apart, Kim was able to finally share a hug with her father.
“For 29 days we’ve been in this process. We had to fill out a form, there were two flights, and because of his age, and because of advocating, he’s here along with other people who are going to be arriving,” Kim said.
Miami International Airport officials said by the evening almost 300 Americans will have arrived on two Delta Airlines flights.
The returning passengers could be the last for a while, as Cuba suspended all air travel earlier this month.
The U.S. embassy in Havana said that there are no other flights currently scheduled from Cuba to the United States to return Americans home.
Kim said her family feels incredibly fortunate that they were able to get her father home when they still could.
“I’m very lucky that he came here. He was detained, and he was released because he doesn’t live in Havana. It’s very hard for him to get to the airport,” Kim said.
Officials are encouraging Americans that may be stuck in Cuba to go to the embassy’s website to register their information if they have not done so already.
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