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Haitian boat of refugees grounds off Virginia Key
A 50 foot wooden boat packed with at least 220 Haitians ran aground near the Rickenbacker Causeway in Biscayne Bay. Immigrants swam ashore as police blocked the bridge and Coast Guard crews ferried 196 in custody to Krome detention center, with no reported drownings or serious injuries.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Virginia Key
Rickenbacker Causeway
Damaris Placido
Jim Goldman
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Miami
Krome Detention Center
Miami-Dade
Coast Guard
Goldman
Port-au- Prince
Haiti
United States
Biscayne Bay
Anastasia Burns
Burns
Maenla Watt
Delrish Moss