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:08:05
I'm building a raft.
Now you know.

:08:12
In '88 Guillermo
and I got legally divorced.

:08:17
We did this so my mother,
who was in the U. S...

:08:21
could call for me and my daughter
claiming I was a single mother.

:08:25
We knew...
:08:27
it was our only way out of Cuba.
:08:29
My daughter and I had to go first.
Then my husband could come.

:08:35
But we didn't know how.
:08:37
I invited him 3 times,
and he'd present his papers...

:08:42
but he never got the visa.
:08:44
My world collapsed.
:08:47
What would become of us?
:08:49
This is a picture
of their wedding.

:08:55
Daddy looks different now.
:08:59
Let's see the last one we took.
:09:01
I kept her father's image
very fresh.

:09:06
I told her...
:09:08
...he was hard working
and loved her very much.

:09:14
We never gave up.
:09:16
Mom and I came but my Daddy
and brother stayed.

:09:23
- When will they come?
- Soon.

:09:25
Like when?
:09:27
Like tomorrow!
:09:43
In honour of my daughter
this raft is called...

:09:45
Nizeli María.
:09:47
I christened it Nizeli María.

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