At last , in ' 94 , Castro announced that Cubans who wanted to risk the Gulf Stream on a raft were free to leave .
People put Cubans ' lives at the mercy of nature or the US Coast Guard , whichever got Cubans them first .
At last , in ' 94 , Castro announced that Cubans who wanted to risk the Gulf Stream on a raft were free to leave , and people put their lives at the mercy of nature or the US Coast Guard , whichever got to them first .