![The Current from CBC Radio (Highlights) show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/034/254/small/the-current-from-cbc-radio-highlights.jpg)
Summary: 50 years ago this month, the world seemed to be teetering close to the brink of Armageddon. All eyes were on the Caribbean, and the stand-off between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over nuclear missiles in Cuba. We hear from some people who had a front row seat to the Cuban Missile Crisis.