26K views · 594 reactions | On October 14, 1962 President Kennedy was informed that photos taken by a U.S. spy plane showed evidence of nuclear missile sites in Cuba. Over the next 13 days, tensions escalated between the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war. | American Experience | PBS | Facebook

For 13 harrowing days beginning October 16, 1962, the United States and Soviet Union were locked in a standoff over Soviet nuclear missile sites on Cuba. President Kennedy's negotiation with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev would ultimately pull the world back from the brink of nuclear war. | American Experience | PBS