22 Apr 2000: Swat Team Grabs Tug-of-Love Cuban Boy [2min]

US federal agents have seized six-year-old Cuban shipwreck survivor Elian Gonzalez in an early morning raid on the home of his relatives in Miami. About 25 officers broke down the door of the house and re-emerged minutes later with Elian wrapped in a blanket. They bundled the screaming boy into a vehicle and drove him away, as the crowd outside the house shouted protests. Chaotic scenes followed as the officers retreated and pepper spray was used to keep back the crowd. Elian was put on a plane and flown to Andrews Air force base outside Washington where he was reunited with his father for the first time in five months.