A Carnival Cruise ship came to the aid of 27 Cuban migrants adrift on a rickety wooden boat in the waters between Florida and Cuba.
The ship, Carnival Paradise, was headed for Roatan, Honduras, when it spotted the migrants and diverted its course to rescue them. The migrants were about 20 miles off the coast of Cuba when they were spotted by the cruise ship.
The ship’s crew notified the US Coast Guard and officials in Roatan. All 27 migrants were taken aboard the ship and provided with food and medical attention.
Earlier this month, the US Coast Guard intercepted a ramshackle home-made boat off the Key West shoreline and shipped all 16 migrants on board back to Cuba. The boat was spotted by an eagle-eyed good Samaritan and picked up by the Coast Guard cutter Charles David Jr. on April 7.
