No one could locate Fernández. She told her brother-in-law, “Jose’s not here, he was out on the boat. I’m scared.” Finally, at 6 a.m., her phone rang. It was Jose’s stepfather ...

José Delfin Fernández with his mother, Maritza in Santa Clara, Cuba. 1992. He was born Aug 1 and weighed 10 and half pounds. It was not an easy birth, his mother says. Courtesy of the Fernández ...