The U.S. Coast Guard is seeing more Haitian migrants trying to reach the Florida coast by boat. And many migrants do not survive the dangerous journey. Fox News got a first-hand look at how busy the coast guard has been with rescues.
"Coast Guard's main mission is search-and-rescue so we get on out here, that's our main concern," Lt. Katrina Prout said, the aircraft's pilot, said. "Even though these people are from a different country, we're all still people at the end of the day and we're concerned about their safety of life at sea."
. The aircraft circled overhead for several hours while crews on boats made contact and attempted a rescue. For decades, Haitians have attempted the route that goes past the Bahamas to South Florida. But this is the busiest the Coast Guard has been since 2004. The Coast Guard has intercepted nearly 3,900 Haitians since October 2021."I think there might be a misperception that if anybody can get to the country, they're here but that's definitely not true," Prout said.
"We are definitely seeing more people than we saw when the pandemic was in full force," Petty Officer 1st Class Nicole Groll, a coast guard spokesperson, said. "The boats are rustic, they're pieced together with very basic materials and that barely float."
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