January 19, 200620 yr BY HERALD STAFF A man scaled a radio tower behind the Miami Herald building in downtown Miami this morning pleading for the government to tell him the truth about his brother's disappearance 44 years ago. At about 7 a.m., Robert Annable docked his boat at the base of the tower that sits on a barge on Biscayne Bay. He climbed the tower and hung an American flag upside down along with a POW MIA flag. In a prepared statement left at the scene and addressed to the Miami Herald, Annable writes, ``This is simply an act of civil disobedience in the hopes that my government, the media, or the people of Miami will help me learn the truth of what happened to Harrison.'' Annable said his brother went missing in 1962 as an ``MIA from the government's secret war against Cuba.'' In his statement, he threatens to burn an American flag at 5 p.m. if the government does not provide him with the truth of his brother's disappearance. ''I will hate to do this but I am fed up with the continuing secrecy and lies from the government and I hope to complete my promise to my father on his deathbed that I would find the truth of Harrison's disappearance,'' he writes. He says he will stay on the tower calling the involved agencies until he gets the information he seeks. He identifies the CIA, the State Department, the FBI and the Coast Guard as the agencies involved. ''This is not meant to be an affront to the brave Americans that have served and died for their country,'' he writes. ``It is to identify one who did the same, yet the country he loved denied, defamed, and likely destroyed him.'' Annable's brother did in fact disappear with two other men after leaving Miami on Nov. 17, 1962, while on a lobster fishing expedition in the Bahamas. The fishing boat, Revenge, was discovered capsized on Nov. 21. No bodies were ever found. At the time, U.S. authorities speculated that the men may have been attacked or captured by ''killer boats'' sent by Fidel Castro to stop fleeing refugees, according to news clippings from the time. In the years since, Harrison Annable's father, Robert, continued to press the U.S. government for details and documents about his son's disappearance. FBI negotiators as well as Miami police and the Coast Guard are on the scene attempting to talk Annable down from the tower. LINK: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/13662211.htm I just waved at the guy as I walked through the office :lol
January 19, 200620 yr Wow. I can't imagine how painful it must be to have your brother go missing and never find out what happened to him.
January 19, 200620 yr I hope he doesn't get suckered into getting talked down. If he wants to protest, then protest. However, trying to grasp any information from any of our intelligence agencies... Well, it's kind of futile, but I dig the gesture.
January 19, 200620 yr Author the guy just came down off the tower about 5 mins ago...sorry was away from my desk watching it happen...he was arrested on the spot...will let you guys know more once the police speak on the matter
January 20, 200620 yr Is he talking about the Bay of Pigs incident? Or something else? My guess is that his brother is either in a Cuban jail, or more likely, long dead.
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