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Sunday, October 5, 2014

Cuban migrants drank own blood, urine, adrift at sea for 23 days

Cuban migrant Izquierdo poses with his aunt in Port St. Lucie By David Adams MIAMI (Reuters) - A group of Cuban migrants drank their own urine and blood after the engine of their homemade boat failed, leaving them adrift in the Caribbean for three weeks without food or water, according to survivors who reached the United States this week. "I'm happy I made it, alive, but it was something no-one should have to go through," said Alain Izquierdo, a Havana butcher, and one of 15 survivors of the 32 passengers. Six passengers are missing after they tried to swim to shore, while 11 others died of dehydration. ...




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