MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard launched a search Wednesday for 23 people who, among a group of Cuban migrants, attempted to cross the Florida Straits as Hurricane Ian made its way past the Florida Keys.
The U.S. Border Patrol said four migrants swam to shore on Stock Island in the Lower Keys around 7 a.m.
The group told agents they were with 23 other people on a boat, which sank in the storm, Coast Guard spokeswoman Petty Officer Nicole Groll told the Miami Herald.
