On Thanksgiving Day in 1999, a 5-year-old boy washes up in an inner tube in the Florida Straits. Little did anyone predict that Elian would become the key figure in a custody battle and immigration tug-o-war between Fidel Castro and the Clinton administration.

On Thanksgiving Day in 1999, a 5-year-old boy washes up in an inner tube in the Florida Straits. Little did anyone predict that Elian would become the key figure in a custody battle and immigration tug-o-war between Fidel Castro and the Clinton administration.