Coast Guard sees dramatic increase in number of Cubans making dangerous journey

(WFLA) — On Sunday, a Carnival cruise ship headed to Tampa rescued Cuban migrants. The U.S. Coast Guard said it’s a scene they are seeing repeated over and over.
“In the last several months, here in the fiscal year 2016, we’ve seen an uptick in the number of Cubans taking to the sea that far exceeds last year’s pace,” Lt. Commander Gabe Somma with the Coast Guard said.
Jill Amore was a passenger on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in March when the Captain a