They were telling stories, laughing. They had set course for the United States from Havana at 03:00 on 16 November 2022. By dawn they were 30 miles off the Cuban coast.
The eight-passenger fishing boat was overloaded: 20 people were on board, among them four children under the age of seven and two teenagers.
Despite the weight, the boat was moving fast. But as the wind picked up, it started to take on water.
"It was a matter of seconds. A wrong turn of the helm, with a wave coming from the front. It came over the bow of the boat, sinking it instantly," says Alexander, one of only two survivors.
"At the speed it was going, it went down like a torpedo. There was no time for anything."
Alexander was sitting in the stern and managed to jump off just before it sank.
He saw the boat disappear into the darkness of the ocean. The waters of the Florida Straits are more than a mile deep.
The adults surfaced, but the youngest children, who had been in the boat's cabin, never did.
Their mothers were screaming.
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