That is why Pablo. a marvelous young man also. who himself had been rescued by Brothers to the Rescue. is not mentioned in this opinion by the Federal Court. The court then describes the shootdown. Alejandre. Costa and De la Pena were all members of a Miamibased organization known as Hermanos al Rescate. or Brothers to the Rescue. The organizations principal mission was to search the Florida Straits for rafters. Cuban refugees. who had fled the island nation on precarious inner tubes or makeshift rafts. often perishing at sea. Brothers to the Rescue would locate the rafters and provide them with lifesaving assistance by informing the Coast Guard of their location and condition. On the morning of February 24. 1996.
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