Eli n leaves with 13 others, including his mother, on a 16-foot motor boat from Cardenas, Cuba.
Fishermen save boy, floating on a raft, three days later.
Dec. 10 Lazaro Gonzalez submits to the INS an asylum application on Eli n's behalf. Eli n meets with his two grandmothers in the president's home owned by Barry University. Jeanne announces a change of heart. She believes the boy should stay in the United States until he gets a hearing in family court. Jeanne and Sr.