President "Papa Doc" Fancois Duvalier's palace. I took this as I was leaving the country with George Davis. It was a dramatic day.
As we took off we saw a merchant cargo ship sinking in the harbor. We heard the captain had refused to pay bribes so they sunk his ship.
Then we learned that a rogue Haitian military pilot had bombed the wing of the Papa Doc's palace where the he was expected to be.
He wasn't in that room and survived.
Interesting: Papa Doc described himself as obeah--having special voodoo powers with the devil. He used the title "President for life." He also claimed the spirits had assured him he would never die.
He did.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
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