A sizable group of migrants, along with a dog, came ashore in Miami Beach Tuesday morning.
The group came ashore at 1801 Collins Avenue at 11:17 a.m., according to Miami Beach Police. They were traveling aboard a small boat with a white sail.
The migrant group included 11 males, one female and one dog. They made the journey in the Atlantic from Cuba to the U.S.
An 18-year-old on the boat said, "When we got really close, we got nervous because we saw some planes and thought we would be detained."
The migrants said their trip took six days. They set sail on Thursday evening and said the weather over the last two days was the worst. They were out of food and water by the time they got to Miami Beach.
The makeshift boat that squeezed all 12 on board was cluttered with empty coolers, clothes and canoe paddles.
"It was something that I can never forget. They were coming, they were so afraid. Everybody was crying, everybody was excited," said one witness of the migrants coming ashore.
The migrants were released from border patrol on Tuesday evening and were expected to meet with family members in Doral.
Under the wet-foot, dry-foot policy, the group will be allowed to stay because they made it to land.
