LUCKILY NOBODY HURT IN THE CROSS FIRE. HE’S NOW FACING SEVERAL
ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES.
>>> U.S. COAST GUARD COMING
ACROSS APPROXIMATELYLY CUBAN
MIGRANT MADE LAND FALL TODAY.
THAT’S ISLAND JUST WEST OF KEY
WEST.
MIGRANT TURNED OFFER TO BORDER
PATROL.
CUBAN MIGRANT CRISIS BREAKING
RECORDS SINCE OCTOBER OF LAST
YEAR.
178,000 CUBANS HAVE CROSSED
THE U.S. BORDER.
>> IN THE SAME TIME NEARLY
4000 CUBAN MIGRANT HAVE BEEN
ENTER CONTRADICTED AT SEA.
SO FAR THIS IS THE CHARGES
SINGLE YEAR TOTAL SINCE 1959.
>> JANINE SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY TO
1 MIGRANT WHO SHARED THE GROUP
JOURNEY FROM DEEP WOOD OF CUBA
TO THE DANGEROUS VOYAGE AT
SEA.
IN THE COVER OF THE WOODS
OUTSIDE THE CUBAN TOWN HERE
XWUP OF FRIENDS AND
ACQUAINTANCES PIECES OF
RECLAIMED WOOD TO BUILD THE
BOAT THEY WOULD USE TO ESCAPE.
SHE SAYS SHE AND THE OTHERS
TRIED 2 TIMES TO BUILD THE GET
AWAY VESSEL BUT THE CUBAN
POLICE DISCOVERED THEM AND
DESTROYED THEIR WORK.
THIS TIME ON ATTEMPT NO. 3
THEY MAKE IT TO NEARBY ISLAND
AFTER PAYING OFF A POLICE
OFFICER.
SURVIVING ON LOBSTER AND THE
GIANT RODENT COOKED AS DINNER.
>> THE RAT.
THE BIG RAT IN THE TREE.
>>Reporter: EQUIPPED WITH 4
CYLINDER FORKLIFT MOTOR THE
BOAT READY FOR LAUNCH.
DESPITE THE CRY OF JOY HEADING
INTO OPEN WATER THEY WERE
GRIPPED BY FEAR.
WORRIED ABOUT FAMILY THEY WITH
LEAVING BEHIND.
>> I HAVE SMALL CHILD HERE.
WHEN WE COME TO THE OCEAN IT
WAS REALLY, REALLY HARD.
IT WAS HORRIBLE BECAUSE SAD
AND WEATHER WASN’T GOOD.
>>Reporter: AFTER 6 DAY AT
SEA BAILING OUT WATER FOR MOST
OF THE TRIP.
>> 911 WHAT IS THE DAYS OF
YOUR EMERGENCY.
>> PUNCH OF PEOPLE FROM CUBA
JUST LANDED.
>> PUNCH OF PEOPLE FROM CUBA
JUST LANDED.
>>Reporter: U.S. BORDER PATROL AND FLORIDA KEY GET THE CALL THURSDAY THAT THE VESSEL
MADE LAND FALL NEAR HOUSE IN
MARATHON.
>> HARD TO IMAGINE THERE WERE
19 PEOPLE CRAMPED ON BOARD
THIS BOAT.
YOU CAN STILL SEE PERSONAL
EFFECTS.
SOMEBODY SUNGLASSES.
CLOTHES.
BUT HERE’S THE DANGER.
ONLY SEE ONE VISIBLE LIFE
JACKET AND NOW THE THING HAS
RUN AGROUND YOU CAN SEE IT’S
TAKING ON WATER.
>> THAT’S THE FUEL FLOW. NO
PUMP.
GRAFT TY KA -- GRAVITY FEDERAL
FUEL LINE. NO FUEL PUMP.
GOOD POSSIBILITY IT WILL BOG
DOWN AND RUN OUT.
INDICATION OF THE DESPERATION.
DOWN AND RUN OUT.
INDICATION OF THE DESPERATION.
>>Reporter: THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE IT TO SOUTH FLORIDA HAS SKY
ROCKETED.
THIS MONTH ALONE IN THE
FLORIDA KEYS U.S. BORDER
PATROL APPREHENDED MORE THAN
6 70 MIGRANT.
THIS GROUP OF 109 HAITIAN
ARRIVING IN MARATHON.
WE ALSO WITNESS THE BODIES OF
2 CUBAN BEING PUT IN A MEDICAL
EXAMINER VAN AFTER THEIR BOAT
CAPSIZED OFF KEY WEST.
WE HAVE FOLLOWED FEDERAL
AGENTS WITH U.S. CUSTOM
BORDER PROTECTION SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
AS THEY ENCOUNTER MIGRANT AND
MAKE RESCUE NEARLY EVERY DAY
NOW.
>> WE PROVIDE THIS DIRECTLY.
>>Reporter: THEY ARE BEING
PROCESSED.
FINGERPRINTED.
PROCESSED. FINGERPRINTED. SEARCHED FOR CRIMINAL RECORD.
SHE HAS MEETING WOMEN GRACIOUS
OFFICIALS IN SEPTEMBER TO TRY
TO STAY.
DESPITE DIRE CONDITIONS IN
THEIR HOME COUNTRY, SHE SAYS
THE DANGEROUS JOURNEY IS A
RISK SHE WOULD NOT HAVE MADE
IF SHE KNEW THE REALITY.
>> IT WAS HORRIBLE.
HORRIBLE.
SOMEBODY TOLD ME THAT WOULD BE
LIKE THIS, I DON’T COME HERE.
>>Reporter: IN MARATHON,
LOCAL "10 NEWS".
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