Saturday, June 30, 2007
Took 105 years, but Cuban becomes U.S. citizen - A.P.
A 105-year-old Cuban-born man who had at least one pending wish finally had it fulfilled — he became a U.S. citizen.
Jose Temprana celebrated by sipping champagne with friends at the Hispanic Community Center in Miami on Friday.
“I feel different,” said Temprana, who served 30 years in Cuban jails. “Satisfied, very happy. It was worth the wait.”
Temprana has the vitality of a younger man. Nicknamed “El Nino” (The Boy), he rides his scooter to the store to play the lottery, rolls his own cigars, drinks whiskey with neighbors and has a girlfriend.
“He’s just got a great spirit,” said his neighbor Patti Hernandez. “Everybody’s going, ‘Come on, he can’t really be that old.”’
Temprana was born in the Cuban province of Pinar del Rio on Sept. 26, 1901. He worked as a sponge diver and lobster fisherman and had eight children with his first wife, who died giving birth to the youngest. He remarried, and his second wife died in 2002. ...
A 105-year-old Cuban-born man who had at least one pending wish finally had it fulfilled — he became a U.S. citizen.
Jose Temprana celebrated by sipping champagne with friends at the Hispanic Community Center in Miami on Friday.
“I feel different,” said Temprana, who served 30 years in Cuban jails. “Satisfied, very happy. It was worth the wait.”
Temprana has the vitality of a younger man. Nicknamed “El Nino” (The Boy), he rides his scooter to the store to play the lottery, rolls his own cigars, drinks whiskey with neighbors and has a girlfriend.
“He’s just got a great spirit,” said his neighbor Patti Hernandez. “Everybody’s going, ‘Come on, he can’t really be that old.”’
Temprana was born in the Cuban province of Pinar del Rio on Sept. 26, 1901. He worked as a sponge diver and lobster fisherman and had eight children with his first wife, who died giving birth to the youngest. He remarried, and his second wife died in 2002. ...
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