April 03, 2011
U.S. Coast Guard
MIAMI -- The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Ocracoke repatriated 22
Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, April 2.
Coast Guard Sector Key West, Fla., watchstanders received notification
from a good Samaritan that they were on scene with a rustic vessel with
Cuban migrants aboard approximately 12 miles southeast of Boca Chica
Key,Fla., Sunday. A Coast Guard Station Key West boatcrew was launched,
and once on scene, embarked the 12 Cuban migrants.
While on routine patrol, a Coast Guard Air Station Miami aircraft crew
located a rustic vessel approximately 15 miles north of Mariel, Cuba,
Sunday evening. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Knight Island was
diverted, and once alongside the rustic vessel, provided life jackets
and safely embarked the 10 Cuban migrants.
Once aboard a Coast Guard cutter, all migrants are provided with food,
water, shelter and basic medical attention.
The cutter Ocracoke is a 110-foot patrol boat homeported in St.
Petersburg, Fla.
The cutter Knight Island is a 110-foot patrol boat homeported in Key West.
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