One wanted to be a neurosurgeon and was a Real Madrid soccer fan. Another one loved to play basketball. A third one liked to pose for selfies to show off his tattoos.
One by one, the faces of young Cubans who likely died while combating a fire that started last week at an oil storage facility in the port of Matanzas have been popping up on social media this week. They are among 14 people Cuban authorities said are missing but have yet to be officially identified.
At least four – Leo Alejandro Doval Perez de Prado, Michel Rodriguez Roman, Adriano Rodriguez Gutierrez and Fabian Naranjo Nunez — were in the midst of their compulsory military service and had little experience as firefighters, according to accounts of families and friends on social media.
