Others took a shorter but treacherous route. Others took a shorter but treacherous route. The nearest oint to treacherous route. The nearest point to cuba treacherous route. The nearest point to cuba is treacherous route. The nearest point to cuba is about treacherous route. The nearest point to cuba is about 70 point to cuba is about 70 miles. The South Florida Straits can turn deadly very quickly. There are sharks, there are jellyfish, storms can p0p up there are jellyfish, storms can pop up unexpectedly. Hundreds have died or pop up unexpectedly. Hundreds have died or gone pop up unexpectedly. Hundreds have died or gone missing. This is the story of three cubans who risked everything to leave their island for florida. Ola. In 2019, elian was living in varadero with his wife and daughter. It was the maker of tourism for communist run cuba. For years he had been Teaching Diving and water sports to tourists. With a strict trading embargo imposed by the usa since the 19605, imposed by t