On this day - 25 November
Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.
5 year old rescued from shipwreck near Florida
On November 25th 1999 Elián González, a 5 year old Cuban boy, was found floating at sea on an inner tube by fisherman. They took him to shore in the US and he was treated in hospital for dehydration. He had set off from Cuba with his mother a few days earlier on November 21st in an attempt to reach Florida. Their boat had broken down and sunk.
Two other people survived the shipwreck but the majority of those aboard lost their lives and their bodies were never recovered.
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