fullwave, did you get that from Casey at IH? Please include the source in your posts. Thanks. :)
This makes me feel better about our shipping lines... lol
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Woman ships herself to Miami - in a crate
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,269375,00.html
MIAMI - A Cuban woman who shipped herself to Miami in a small crate will be allowed to remain in the United States, officials said on Wednesday.
The woman was found in the cargo area of Miami International Airport on Tuesday evening by workers with the cargo company, DHL, and handed over to authorities, the company said.
Said Mr Zachary Mann, a spokesman for the US Customs and Border Protection: 'The woman, a Cuban national in her 20s, apparently with the assistance of others, shipped herself to the United States from Nassau, Bahamas.'
The flight took about one hour, during which the woman would have been exposed to freezing conditions.
The woman was interviewed by US immigration officials on Wednesday and was set to be released after undergoing medical examinations.
'She will be paroled into the community,' said immigration spokesman Barbara Gonzalez.
Hundreds of Cubans try to migrate without papers every year to get from the communist-ruled island to Florida, using smugglers' boats or makeshift rafts. Cubans are generally allowed to stay in the country if they arrive on US soil, while those intercepted at sea are usually sent home.
Most travel by boat, and the US Coast Guard has detained 1,152 would-be migrants from Cuba so far this year.
DHL said in a statement it was investigating the incident. -- AFP, Reuters