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Human smuggling boat stopped off Palm Beach. Migrants from 3 countries on board

MIAMI — U.S. Border Patrol agents stopped a boat just off shore of Palm Beach Friday morning they say was smuggling migrants from three different countries.

Miami Herald

Coast Guard faults pilot in Chesapeake Bay ship grounding

A Coast Guard investigation into the grounding in March of a cargo ship in the Chesapeake Bay is faulting the pilot tasked with helping the ship navigate the waterway

The Independent UK

What happens to people who die at sea trying to migrate? It falls to the Florida Keys

MIAMI — When people from Haiti and Cuba take to the sea in desperation to reach U.S. shores, they often end up in the Florida Keys, arriving on overloaded or homemade vessels.

Miami Herald

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Cruise passenger who fell overboard tells how he survived 15 hours in the water and battled ‘sea creature’

A Coast Guard rescuer who saved Mr Grimes estimated the man had at most a minute left before he succumbed to the waves when they found him

The Independent UK

Man fought off shark and survived by eating bamboo after falling off cruise ship

James Michael Grimes says he treaded water and ate bamboo after he plunged into the water while on a Thanksgiving cruise with 18 members of his family last month

Daily Mirror

Cruise passenger caught vaping fell overboard and survived 15 hours in sea before rescue

The 28-year-old man, who has not been identified, was reported missing by his sister after the pair were drinking at Carnival Valor’s bar at 11pm on Wednesday when he suddenly disappeared

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Cruise ship passenger survives 15 hours at sea after falling overboard

Rescue described as ‘Thanksgiving miracle’

The Independent UK

Cruise passenger survives 15 hours in freezing rough sea after falling overboard

A man enjoying drinks with his sister on a cruise ship told her he was going to the toilet but didn't come back - then he was seen struggling to stay afloat and the US Coast Guard came to his rescue

Daily Mirror

A cruise ship passenger was rescued by the Coast Guard after hours in Gulf waters

A 28-year-old man fell overboard from the Carnival Valor cruise ship hours before he was reported missing off of the southeast Louisiana coast. The passenger is in stable condition.

WEKU

Moment cruise passenger is rescued from ocean 15 hours after falling from ship

The 28-year-old had been at the cruise ship bar with his sister when he went to the loo and never returned. His sister raised the alarm the following day after realising he hadn't returned to his cabin

Daily Mirror

‘This is obscene’: Haitians angered by babies being sent back after reaching Florida Keys on boat

MIAMI — A group of Florida-bound migrants, including almost 50 children, who reached the Florida Keys in a rickety sailboat from Haiti on Monday, resulting in a frantic federal, state and local rescue effort, have been returned to the Caribbean nation.

Miami Herald

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More than 50 people from Cuba land in Florida Keys as Coast Guard stops others at sea

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Man who fell overboard from Carnival Cruise ship rescued by Coast Guard hours later after Gulf of Mexico search

A Carnival Cruise passenger who was last seen at an onboard bar was pulled from the Gulf of Mexico alive and responsive after a massive overnight search, U.S. Coast Guard officials said Friday.

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Cruise passenger who fell overboard rescued in ‘Thanksgiving miracle’

US coast guard located man about 20 miles south of Southwest Pass, Louisiana, after he fell overboard the Carnival Valor ship

Miami Herald

More than 50 people from Cuba land in Florida Keys as Coast Guard stops others at sea

MIAMI — U.S. Border Patrol and Coast Guard crews were kept busy on Thanksgiving intercepting people from Cuba attempting to enter the country through the Florida Keys.

The Independent UK

Man who disappeared off Carnival cruise rescued in gulf of Mexico

The passenger was found hours after falling overboard

Tribune News Service

FDNY bars civilians on fireboat rides 5 months after Belgian firefighter died in crash

NEW YORK — No civilians will be allowed to ride on New York City Fire Department fireboats unless the trip is approved by the department’s chief of fire operations, the FDNY said Friday — five months after a rogue fire boat trip ended in the death of a visiting Belgian…

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Miami Herald

Man’s body found in Florida Keys where Haitian migrants came ashore this week, FWC says

The body of a man was found Thursday near where a group of Haitian migrants landed in the Florida Keys Monday, a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman said.

Miami Herald

Group of Cubans land in Key Colony Beach on a boat. Migrant numbers soaring at record clip

MIAMI — The steady arrival of migrants continued in the Florida Keys on Wednesday with a group of 19 people from Cuba in Key Colony Beach, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.

Miami Herald

Coast Guard halts search off Florida for missing Cuban migrants, raising death toll to 10

MIAMI — The search for people from Cuba attempting to migrate to the U.S. in a boat that capsized 50 miles off Little Torch Key has been suspended, the U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday night.

Miami Herald

Babies rescued from migrant boat in trouble in rough seas off the Florida Keys

MIAMI — A U.S. Coast Guard crewman cradled two babies after rescuing them from a boat struggling in swells of 6 to 10 feet. Their families, and many others, were desperate to get to the United States, in spite of the perilous seas, the risk of being stopped, or worse.

Miami Herald

Coast Guard responding to distressed boat packed with migrants off the Florida Keys

MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard stopped a disabled boat in perilous seas off the Florida Keys Monday morning that law enforcement sources say was packed with people attempting to migrate from Haiti.

Reuters

At least one dead after Cuban migrant vessel capsizes off Florida coast, Coast Guard says

The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday said it has recovered the body of one person after a vessel carrying Cuban migrants capsized off Florida's Little Torch Key, adding it rescued nine people and was searching for five others.

Miami Herald

4 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Florida Keys, US Coast Guard says

MIAMI — A homemade boat with at least 18 migrants capsized near the Florida Keys Saturday, killing at least four people, the U.S. Coast Guard said Sunday via Twitter.

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