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Coast Guardsman in helicopter assists one of 13 rescued from a boat and car trailer. Sept. 30, 1966.	Sailboat crowded with refugees,     1963.

Overloaded craft spotted from the air by U.S. Coast Guard, who      rescued all on board. Sept. 30, 1966.	Coast Guardsmen test two-man kayak that made the trip,       Sept. 30, 1966.

Homemade 42-inch wide boat brought      from Matanzas Laureano Refollo, 47,      Mirta Sosa, her daughter Ismary,      Orlando Gonzalez, 14, and four others      Miami News, Sept. 27, 1966.	Refugees arrived in Florida on inner      tubes and planks.Sept. 30, 1966.

FEB. 3, 2018: Mirta Sosa risked her life and that of her infant        daughter Ismary in 1966 by rowing to Florida during six days,        to raise her daughter in freedom. Miami News, Sept. 27, 1966.