The Nation - News from Jan. 27, 1986
Coast Guard helicopters plucked Haitians from a crowded 40-foot sailboat foundering in the stormy Atlantic with as many as 80 people aboard, and two cutters pulled up alongside to complete the rescue, authorities said in Miami. Three helicopters struggled in howling winds to remove 28 Haitians from the disabled sailboat in 20-foot waves, but the air rescue was suspended with about 50 people still aboard the small craft when the cutters arrived for a less risky ship-to-ship evacuation.
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