Sister of a young man who died in a plane crash in Santiago de Cuba: "A message turned off my soul"

Emotional message from the sister of one of those who died in a plane crash this Thursday.

| 12/04/2024 - 11:42am (GMT-5)

Lesnia Puente Frómeta, sister ofCarlos Enrique Frómeta Rodríguez, one of the three who died in theaccident air that occurred in the early hours of this Thursday at the Antonio Maceo International Airport, in Santiago de Cuba, wrote an emotional message on social networks to say goodbye to his brother.

"And that's when you realize that life is nothing. When I thought everything was going well in my life, a message turned off my soul, an SMS that said that you went to heaven in a helicopter that you loved so much to ride to do your duty," wrote Lesnia Puente.

The sister of the deceased young man added that she never imagined that her brother, who was a first lieutenant in the FAR, would not return, that she would not speak with him again and that she would never see him again.

"Who would believe it? Yesterday we talked and today you left never to return. Do you know something? I will always remember our beautiful childhood together, you, Yoel and I. I will always love you, my little soul boy. Fly high, my love , that you will always live in me. You don't know how my soul hurts.", he concluded.

Capture of Facebook/Lesnia Puente Frómeta

Carlos Enrique Frómeta Rodríguez was the youngest of the three deceased.

The journalist Miguel Reyes specified that Frómeta Rodríguez He was from Guantanamo and lived in the town of Acueducto.

Facebook screenshot/Miguel News

An official note published by the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR)identified the three deceased as MajorDairon González Espinosa; First Lieutenant Carlos Enrique Frómeta Rodríguez and Second Lieutenant Yunier Céspedes Escalona.

Carlos Enrique Frómeta Rodríguez was the youngest of the three deceased

Official information indicated that the crashed helicopter"was carrying out a mission in the interest of the Revolutionary Armed Forces" and that a MINFAR commission is investigating the causes of the accident.

According to information published on social networks, The damaged aircraft was the MI-17 helicopter number H-115, which fell from about ten meters high for unknown reasons.

Circulating on social networks avideo that allegedly shows the moments after to the accident, according tomade it known journalist Yosmany Mayeta, who noted that the accident occurred in the "protocol area" of the Santiago airport.

It is estimated that the military aircraft was supporting the visit of Army General Raúl Castro, who was in Santiago de Cuba this Wednesday with Miguel Díaz-Canel and other Cuban political leaders participating inthe burial ceremony of the remains of combatants of the Third Eastern Front.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, who is visiting Santiago de Cuba, sent a brief message of condolences to the families of the three soldiers who died in the accident air.

Until the closing of this note, it has not been revealed what the funeral of the three deceased soldiers will be like.