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Cubans Found at Sea on Pickup Truck Converted to Motor Raft
The Associated Press
Published: Jul 23, 2003
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MIAMI (AP) - Cuban migrants fashioned a boat out of a 1951 Chevy pickup truck and drove it to within 40 miles of the United States before they were spotted, taken off and returned to the island, the U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday.
The truck was sunk by the Coast Guard.
The dozen migrants, some sheltered in the truck cab or under a yellow tarp covering the bed, were first found by a U.S. Customs aircraft on July 16 south of Key West, Coast Guard Petty Officer Ryan Doss said.
A propeller attached to the drive shaft of the green vintage pickup was pushing it along at about 8 mph, Doss said. The truck-raft was kept afloat by empty 55-gallon drums attached to the bottom as pontoons.
"It was actually being powered by the truck engine," Doss said.
Doss said the truck was sunk as a hazard to ocean navigation.
Migrants have been founds on rafts or small boats made out of refrigerators, bathtubs, surfboards and inner tubes, but the truck was unique.
"We haven't come across any vehicles like that before," Doss said.
The Cubans were returned to Bahia de Cabanas, Cuba on Sunday, Doss said. Under U.S. law, Cubans who reach U.S. shores are allowed to stay while those caught at sea are usually returned.
AP-ES-07-23-03 2050EDT
Cubans Found at Sea on Pickup Truck Converted to Motor Raft
The Associated Press
Published: Jul 23, 2003
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MIAMI (AP) - Cuban migrants fashioned a boat out of a 1951 Chevy pickup truck and drove it to within 40 miles of the United States before they were spotted, taken off and returned to the island, the U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday.
The truck was sunk by the Coast Guard.
The dozen migrants, some sheltered in the truck cab or under a yellow tarp covering the bed, were first found by a U.S. Customs aircraft on July 16 south of Key West, Coast Guard Petty Officer Ryan Doss said.
A propeller attached to the drive shaft of the green vintage pickup was pushing it along at about 8 mph, Doss said. The truck-raft was kept afloat by empty 55-gallon drums attached to the bottom as pontoons.
"It was actually being powered by the truck engine," Doss said.
Doss said the truck was sunk as a hazard to ocean navigation.
Migrants have been founds on rafts or small boats made out of refrigerators, bathtubs, surfboards and inner tubes, but the truck was unique.
"We haven't come across any vehicles like that before," Doss said.
The Cubans were returned to Bahia de Cabanas, Cuba on Sunday, Doss said. Under U.S. law, Cubans who reach U.S. shores are allowed to stay while those caught at sea are usually returned.
AP-ES-07-23-03 2050EDT