At least 2 dead after boat carrying 20 overturns heading from Cuba to Florida
CBSN
Two people are dead, eight were rescued and 10 others are missing after a boat traveling from Cuba overturned near the Florida Keys, the Coast Guard says.
It responded to an area some 16 miles south of Key West, Florida around 1 p.m. Thursday after crews on routine patrol spotted multiple people in the water, according to the agency. Crews rescued eight people and pulled two bodies from the water, Petty Officer Jose Hernandez said.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.