Cuban migrants convert 1951 pickup truck to raft

Thursday, July 24, 2003

MIAMI -- Cuban migrants fashioned a boat out of a 1951 Chevy pickup truck and "drove" it to within 40 miles of the United States before they were spotted, taken off and returned to the island, the U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday.

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