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[ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: thats a boat that we were filming. help us, help us, the men cry out, as our captain tosses a rope. 60 migrants, crammed together. clutching life vests and inner tubes. on shore, many disappear into waiting taxis. one man says if death wasnt chasing us we would not be trying this. by day, holiday makers enjoy the same beach. for them, the greek island destination is just part of the view. the remnants of the migrants treacherous journey clutter the s...

For two hours an finally the migrants say threatened to sink their boat if they did not drop their motor. then the coast guard towed the dingy as close to shore as their ship would allow. 60 migrants crammed together, clutching their life vests and inner tubes, their faces telling of tragedy and dejection and the relief of still being alive when so many have perished on shore, most disappear in to waiting taxis. one young man bitterly says if death wasnt chasing us we would not be trying this. a...

The number of cubans willing to risk all continues to grow. the coast guard returned 121 cubans trying to escape the communist island monday. alberto sanchez was asked why he tried for the ninth time to make the illegal crossing. >> you go to bed and the next day the reality is what are you going to eat and what are you going to do? >> reporter: the desperation can be seen in the vessels inner tubes, a truck with a propeller and a bed sheet sailboat crammed with 24 passengers. moist vessels have...

So the coast guard is seeing this uptick. and it caught their attention. the last thing they want is another mass migration out at sea. theyve had them in the past. the lives have been lost. cubans haitians, they dont want that. theyre putting more ships. theyre putting more planes out there. and theyre putting out the message that if theyre caught at sea, youre likely to go right back to cuba. you will be repatriated. theyre hoping the weather will tamper down some of the activity and then they...

Two were born in this country. one in new jersey and one in florida. my brother was a vietnam veteran. put his life on the line for this country. >> what was he doing? >> he was a member of brothers to the rescue but he was flying that day because the original flight plan was to bring supplies to the rafters in the bahamas. this was at the end of the rafter crisis people were still leaving the island. they had them in camps. they needed supplies. >> i want to show you videos outside south florid...

. >> i want to give you a look here how open this is. there are police here there are police all over here. and no one minds that people are going across the river from here in guatemala into mexico. you can see this family of three, a mother, a father, and their little boy. they told me a short time ago theyre getting ready to go on this raft, these huge inner tubes. theyre getting ready to go across into mexico. theyre hoping also to get into the united states. >> thats from yesterday, not tod...

Ready to go on this raft, made of huge inner tubes, and getting ready to cross into mexico and the united states. this river is active from sunrise to sunset. and in addition to all the police being here, not caring that people are crossing from guatemala into mexico, whats really amazing is a mile in this direction is the official border station. the official border station down there. so even though the border patrol people from guatemala and mexico work over there, they dont seem to care eith...

Right now were in guatemala, the westernmost part of the country. across the river, the southernmost part of mexico. you can see throughout this river there are rafts of people who are trying to get across the border, and theyre doing it very easily. this is very unlike the border going to the united states. we have to be secret about it. i want to give you a look here to give you an idea of how open this is. there are police here. there are police all over here. and no one minds that people are...

Accident who killed ushers stepson. he was found guilty of homicide by vessel for the crash that killed the 11-year-old and left another teen severely injured. the boat hubbard was driving hit a group of children as they were being towed by inner tubes. hubbards attorney argues it was a tragic accident but was not linked to recklessness. people in iowa are allowed to go back into their homes after being evacuated because of a fire. the order was issued because of concerns about the chemicals i...

Trying to save themselves. >> give me the rope from under the seat now. >> reporter: thats the voice of michelles husband. >> i undid the rope. threw it out. its a 25-foot rope but seven feet short. at that point we noticed this guy didnt know how to swim. we observed him go under three times. >> call 911 right now. >> reporter: more people went on the that fragile ice including children. then another rope attempt. another one in and then the man who tries to save him as well. inner tubes and sl...