Cuban Evacuation: 1st Official Boat Arrives In US
Cuban Evacuation: 1st Official Boat Arrives In US
Another mercy ship on a different mission arrives in Florida. AUS chartered vessel carries Cuban refugees stranded on the island when Castro ended the sea exodus. The US will continue the sea evacuation until an airlift begins in a few weeks. Miami, Florida Sign / United States Coast Guard - Cuban Refugee - Receiving Center - Customs Immigration USPHS. An excursion boat chattered by the United States. People standing at the guard railing of the ship, some are waving. A crew member throws out a rope to help secure the boat at the pier. Refugees, 108 of them. Refugees disembarking from the boat carrying hardly anything, just a bag, or babies, nothing more. The refugees are taken to a room where they can pick out some donated clothes and other items they may need. A woman giving a little boy a drink of milk as he sits by his mother, another woman giving her baby boy a drink of milk.