Joe Gaetjens gave the U.S. its greatest World Cup upset. Then he vanished in Haiti

Joe Gaetjens being carried off the field at Belo Horizonte.

By Jacqueline Charles

When Chantal Bazelais Lubin first saw the commercial talking about the United States men’s national soccer team pulling off a “miracle” during this year’s FIFA World Cup, the retired guidance school counselor and Pompano Beach resident was puzzled.

For her family, the United States’ miracle happened 76 years ago, when her uncle and godfather Joe Gaetjens pulled off one of the greatest upsets in World Cup history.

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