On 25 November 1999 - Thanksgiving Day in the USA - Elian was found floating on an inner tube off the Florida coast after the boat taking him from Cuba sank killing his mother and 10 other people.
Elian was kidnapped right from Florida right before Easter, drugged and whisked back to Fidel for indoctrination. Janet Reno liked raids, no?
Um, let me see if I've got this straight. A judge didn't let the father of Terri Schiavo, a married adult determine what was best for her, and that was an atrocity. A judge did let the father of Elian Gonzales, a small child, determine what was best for him, and that was an atrocity.