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Cubans taste freedom upon reaching shore - After dramatic journey, 3 migrants arrive in Key Largo***The Coast Guard threw the men life jackets. The men tossed back the jackets, but later accepted them. Hintzen said the fourth man gave himself up after growing too tired to keep swimming. While his companions bobbed in the water for more than hour -- two of them sharing one pair of swim fins and all three refusing assistance from Coast Guard officers -- the fourth migrant sat with his hands bound behind him. He was identified by Miami relatives as Jorge Parrado Martinez, who recently finished serving a 12-year prison sentence in Cuba after a failed attempt to flee. Parrado, who is in his 40s, was still aboard a Coast Guard vessel late Tuesday, said Ana Santiago, spokeswoman for the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ***
7 posted on 05/07/2003 1:53:03 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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Thank you for posting, and G'morning to ya, friend.
8 posted on 05/07/2003 3:01:45 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
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