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Caribbean Cruise Ship Rescues Cuban Refugees Adrift in Atlantic
- Posted on December 7, 2010 at 1:27am by
Meredith Jessup
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Vacationers were enjoying their last hours aboard a luxury cruise liner Sunday when passengers spotted a small raft carrying six Cuban refugees floating in the Atlantic Ocean.
Royal Caribbean’s Monarch of the Seas was sailing back to Port Canaveral, Fla., from the Bahamas when it approached the sinking raft carrying five females and one male bound for the U.S. from Cuba. The raft’s passengers were picked up and received food, water and medical treatment. But once the cruise liner reached U.S. shores, the Coast Guard was waiting to take them into custody.
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Disabledvet
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 3:00pmI want to know how much they paid for the ride, evryone else had to pay.
Report Post »petestreet
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 2:42pmWhere will we flee to if the commie in chief is reelected, or is he planing to take over with out an election. Is the millatary game underway to suprees us. Some think they can count on the military to save our freedom. The inlisted maybe the officers not so much. If we don’t stop him our freedom is at risk.
Report Post »George Washington
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 1:26amJust what the taxpayers need. More mouths to feed. The cruise line picked them up. Let the cruise line support them or take them back to Cuba.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 6:18pmWill they be sent back? This is a tough situation. Teatime- I agree. I hope we never become them.. we must remain vigilant.
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 1:16pmWe had that hapen a few years ago. Stopped the ship in the middle of the Gulf. They needed gas for their piece of crap boat. If they got on the ship they would be sent back to Cuba.
Report Post »Teatime4bonzo
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 5:08pmI can only imagine their awe at such a large ship filled with all the fruits of capitalism. Abundant food, not yet limited by central planners as it might be with the new Food Safety regulations. A place where everyone can speak freely not yet fearing censorship as we might with Net Neutrality and FCC intrusion. Can you imagine their awe at stepping on to a vessel where middle and upper class people can both enjoy the fruits of their labor by enjoying a holiday at sea. Oh what tales they could have told those on board. A tale of their life’s journey filled with government control and oppression, food shortages, medicine shortages, power outages; a place where speaking out against your government can deliver a swift answer in the form of a rapidly deployed thug squad that will make you shut the heck up. It would have been more humane to throw them some rations and let destiny decide their fate. God help them when they are returned. God help us that we not become them.
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