Cutter small boat comes along a cuban migrant raft
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They requested to finish their lunch of crackers and water, and we complied. These four were very cooperative, friendly, and bragged about the construction of their raft. This was definitely not their first try!
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Transferring them to the small boat. Out of respect for these four, I selected photos that mostly hid their faces - and blurred the parts which were visible.
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generally, migrant rafts are destructed as a hazard to navigation. A lit flare is readied to be tossed into the raft, now doused with diesel fuel
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The flare ignites the diesel...
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and it goes up in flames
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no chance of sinking this sucker - it looks like we only succeeded in melting some of the Styrofoam!
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Customs boat comes alongside with two Cuban migrants (hidden) and towing the small inflatable kayak they used to paddle more than 70 miles toward the Keys!
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Another look at the Custom's Midnight Express (four outboard engines!)
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Two Station 33ft boats and Pea Island's small boat stands off American Shoal light. You can see eight migrants that made it on the light structure. Unfortunately for them, this doesn't count as "dry foot".
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After several hours of peaceful negotiation, the migrants decided to give up and climbed down to us. We hooked them up with food, water, and a shower before transferring them to another cutter for interviews and repatriation processing.
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M80 "Stiletto" stealth littoral ship moored at Sector Key West.
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Another look at the Stiletto
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