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Article: Dominicans brave harsh conditions for chance to enter U.S.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- June 24, 2004
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Byline: Matthew Hay Brown
ABOARD THE COAST GUARD CUTTER CHINCOTEAGUE IN THE MONA PASSAGE _ One moment they were waving and shouting for help, 94 men and women sunburned, thirsty and hungry after days of riding the swells in the open wooden boat.
Then, in an instant, the rickety craft was gone, rolled out from beneath them, leaving dozens thrashing and kicking and screaming for their lives in the night sea.
"They're in the water. They're in the water," U.S. Coast Guard Lt. William Nunes yelled from the flying bridge of the cutter Chincoteague. His crew hurled bright orange life jackets, rings, rafts, heaving lines, anything that would float, at ...