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[ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: that's 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 wasn't 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 shoreline, clothes, shoes. this is just one of the areas around the capital. mohammed arrived a we...

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 wasn't chasing us we would not be trying this. all night they had been aiming for the twinkling lights of the greek's of kos in the distance. their...

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 no communications or life jackets, some move at just 1 to 2 miles per hour. 25,000 cubans made it t...

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. they've had them in the past. the lives have been lost. cubans haitians, they don't want that. they're putting more ships. they're putting more planes out there. and they're putting out the message that if they're caught at sea, you're likely to go right back to cuba. you will be repatriated. they're hoping the weather will tamper down some of the activity and then they'll see what happens when the weather passes. but again they're ready for it. >> and you and...

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 florida or the cuban die as par at people don't know what a cuban rafter crisis looks like. talking about ...