HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — Anneris "Nery" Shafer, 37, didn't know what would happen when she floated into the Atlantic Ocean on a tractor tire inner tube in 1994.
Nicknamed Nery (pronounced Neddy) by her friends, Shafer just knew that she wanted to get away from Cuba and its communist government.
When President Fidel Castro reversed a long-standing policy of arresting anyone who tried to leave the island by sea in August 1994, Shafer was one of tens of thousands who tried to reach Florida. She and a friend brought water, condensed milk and a bottle of honey on an inner tube and paddled their way toward Florida.
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