SHORT TAKES : Cuba Refugees Greeted Royally
KEY WEST, Fla. — Four Cuban refugees found a slice of Margaritaville along with probable freedom when they landed at singer Jimmy Buffett’s waterfront home in an 18-foot boat, the Coast Guard said.
Buffett spotted the two men and two women Wednesday and called police.
“They came up for the concert, who knows?” said Coast Guard Lt. Jeff Karonis in Miami. “Just another day in Margaritaville.”
Buffett, who sings of living on spongecake and watching the sun bake in the tune he popularized, offered the refugees souvenirs and refreshments.
“He came out and gave them all tapes and gave them all drinks,” Coast Guard Lt. Tom Criman said in Key West, which is 90 miles north of Cuba.
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