A Brief History of the Elian Gonzalez Saga

A Miraculous Survival
On Thanksgiving Day 1999, 5-year old Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez is discovered floating in an inner tube by fishermen off the coast of Florida. Two days prior, a small boat carrying his mother, Elizabeth Brotons, and at least 10 others, capsized in the waters between Cuba and the United States.

• Elian & Juan Miguel Gonzalez