>> we must be clear this shooting of civilian aircraft out of the air was a flagrant violation of international law. >> and that was part of nbc's brian williams report from 1996 with president clinton reacting to cuban government. 24th of february 1996 over international waters killed four civilian pilots from the group brothers to the rescues. the group included american citizens. three men linked to that shooting were part of a prisoner swap. one had been serving a life sentence on murder conspiracy conviction in that shoot down. family members of victims expressed anger with the news yesterday. the sole surviving pilot expressed his frustration to wtvj's hank tester. >> i think it is offensive above all to the cuban american community and to the voters of the cuban american community at large what this administration