Boats in Garrison Bight during Mariel Boat Lift.

TODAY IN KEY WEST HISTORY / April 24, 1980

1980 Two boats every five minutes were being launched at Garrison Bight to form an armada of small craft bound to Cuba in hope of bringing their families to the U.S. The total number of refugees that had arrived in Key West was estimated at 765.

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