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U.S. Coast Guard rescues eight Cuban migrants off Miami; five missing

Chief of Miami-Dade Air Resue Antonio Hernandez talks to reporters during a news conference as Coast Guard Cmdr. Respond Sector Chief Richard Hartley (left) and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue flight medic Eric Lowd look on, in Miami on Monday. The U.S. Coast Guard said an overturned raft was reported Monday morning in Biscayne Bay, and 10 Cuban migrants have been found and three more remain unaccounted for in the waters off Miami. | AP

Chief of Miami-Dade Air Resue Antonio Hernandez talks to reporters during a news conference as Coast Guard Cmdr. Respond Sector Chief Richard Hartley (left) and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue flight medic Eric Lowd look on, in Miami on Monday. The U.S. Coast Guard said an overturned raft was reported Monday morning in Biscayne Bay, and 10 Cuban migrants have been found and three more remain unaccounted for in the waters off Miami. | AP

Reuters

Oct 28, 2014

MIAMI –

The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday said it was searching for up to five Cubans migrants after pulling eight others from the waters off Miami.

"Two were rescued in a helicopter basket," said Coast Guard spokesman Gabe Somma.

They were later transported to Miami area hospital, the Coast Guard said.