Cubans hail a ride across Florida Straits in converted cab

Creative measures
Cuban refugees are intercepted off the Florida Keys by the U.S. Coast Guard in a vintage blue floating taxicab.
(NBC 6)
MIAMI -- A vintage blue taxicab converted into a seagoing vessel and carrying several Cuban migrants was intercepted Tuesday off Key West by the Coast Guard, according to television reports.Television footage from NBC-6 in Miami showed Coast Guard officers boarding the blue vehicle, which had been modified with a boat prow in front and appeared to have at least four migrants aboard