A 16foot Coast Guard boat rushed to the scene and found one man floating face down in the water. A Coast Guard seaman applied mouthtomouth resuscitation and revived the man. The second man was pulled to safety off the jetty. Off the Florida coast. Coast Guard cutters and aircraft patrolled and watched for Cuban refugees. although none of the Cuban 14.631 refugees rescued or assisted by the Coast Guard was plucked out of the ocean that particular day. Far to the north. off Greenland. the Coast Guard icebreaker Westwind was en route to a point off Thule. Greenland. to assist in the repair of an undersea cable. a vital communications link with the U.S.
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