Surfside Six, A Race to the Sand

Surfside Six, A Race to the Sand is the dramatic true account of the United States Coast Guard's discovery and apprehension of six illegal Cuban migrants who entered the U.S. territorial waters in June 1999 off the shores of Miami Beach and the politically motivated investigation that followed. Coast Guard federal law enforcement officers face daily challenges and pressures as they carry out the laws and treaties our lawmakers have enacted, such as the Cuban Adjustment Act. Surfside Six tells the story of these complexities and demands, from the Florida-based micropolitan politicians of the Cuban exile and expatriate communities to the Cuban-born lawmakers of Congress in a politically charged presidential election year to the president of Cuba and the president of the United States. Surfside Six takes you from the busy Coast Guard boat docks on Miami Beach into the Cuban expatriates living rooms, cigar bars, and bodegas of Little Havana, to the command centers and situation rooms of the Coast Guard's leadership in Washington, DC, into the halls of the US Congress, the Office of the Attorney General of the United States, White House and the Presidential Offices of the Republic of Cuba. Surfside Six takes you from the busy Coast Guard boat docks on Miami Beach into the Cuban expatriates living rooms, cigar bars, and bodegas of Little Havana, to the command centers and situation rooms of the Coast Guard's leadership in Washington, DC, into the halls of the US Congress, the Office of the Attorney General of the United States, White House and the Presidential Offices of the Republic of Cuba.