In a touching video posted on TikTok by the user @queen01_1111, she shared the moment she returned to Cuba to surprise her father after being away for eight years. The scene, accompanied by the song "Hoy" by Gloria Estefan, shows the young woman arriving at her home, knocking on the door, and waiting for her father to receive her.
The video captures the man's initial confusion, as he does not immediately recognize his daughter due to the light from the mobile camera recording him. However, once he realizes it is her, he collapses into an emotional embrace filled with tears and heightened feelings. "He couldn't believe it," the user commented in response to one of her followers, highlighting the surprise and joy of the reunion.
The video has touched hundreds of people and generated numerous reactions among TikTok users, many of whom expressed how difficult it is to be away from loved ones and how powerful a hug can be after years of separation. "How wonderful your father is, how happy he gets," commented one user; "Only someone who goes through this knows what it feels like in that moment of reunion," added another emotional follower.
Some users, who have also experienced emigration, could not help but shed a few tears while watching the video. "Only those of us who have emigrated know that those hugs heal the soul in a second," said one user, while another added: "Hard, hard... but in God's time. Just watching these videos makes my eyes well up."
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"everything restarts for you. HARD," wrote the video's creator in the comments, reflecting the sentiment shared by many Cubans affected by the emigration of their loved ones.
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