06-12-2012, 02:18 PM
full story at link below.
when i lived in Fla. the wet-foot dry-foot policy allowed Cubans to stay if they made it to land. Haitians were always sent back. not sure what policy is now for Haitians, but these people were headed for the Keys i'm sure. i saw their terrible little makeshift boats all the time.
it's 90 miles of hard current and sharks.
38 people in a fucking inner tube with a few planks.
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(CNN) -- At least 11 people are dead and 13 missing after a boat carrying 28 Haitian migrants ran into trouble while on its way to the United States, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday.
Four of those on board made it safely to shore and raised the alarm with the Bahamas police force, U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer Jon-Paul Rios said.
The Haitians' vessel broke up off Hawksbill Cay in the Bahamas, he said.
The U.S. Coast Guard sent three aircraft, one of them a rescue helicopter, to the scene after Bahamian authorities asked for help, where they recovered 11 bodies, Rios said.
The United States has long been a destination for migrants from Haiti, with many sailing via the Bahamas or the Turks and Caicos Islands.
story:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/12/world/amer...?hpt=hp_t2
when i lived in Fla. the wet-foot dry-foot policy allowed Cubans to stay if they made it to land. Haitians were always sent back. not sure what policy is now for Haitians, but these people were headed for the Keys i'm sure. i saw their terrible little makeshift boats all the time.
it's 90 miles of hard current and sharks.
38 people in a fucking inner tube with a few planks.
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(CNN) -- At least 11 people are dead and 13 missing after a boat carrying 28 Haitian migrants ran into trouble while on its way to the United States, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday.
Four of those on board made it safely to shore and raised the alarm with the Bahamas police force, U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer Jon-Paul Rios said.
The Haitians' vessel broke up off Hawksbill Cay in the Bahamas, he said.
The U.S. Coast Guard sent three aircraft, one of them a rescue helicopter, to the scene after Bahamian authorities asked for help, where they recovered 11 bodies, Rios said.
The United States has long been a destination for migrants from Haiti, with many sailing via the Bahamas or the Turks and Caicos Islands.
story:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/12/world/amer...?hpt=hp_t2