Cuban rafters. (Photo courtesy of BTTR Archives)

Eva Barbas, mother of murdered BTTR volunteer Pablo Morales, with Osvaldo Piá (Tito Fufú) and José Basulto, boarding Seagull One for a memorial flight.
(Photo by Lorenzo De Toro, IDEAL magazine)

Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the godmother of Brothers to the Rescue, with José Basulto. (Photo courtesy of BTTR Archives)

A Cuban gunboat intercepting Cuban rafters in order to return them to Cuba. (Photo courtesy of BTTR Archives)

The Lares brothers: Jorge "Koki" Lares, Adalberto "Beto" Lares, and Guillermo "Guille" Lares, pilots for BTTR. (Photo by Lorenzo De Toro, IDEAL magazine.)

Arnaldo Iglesias, holding daughter of deceased Brothers to the Rescue volunteer Luis Martinez (aka Batman), and José Basultos, before the memorial flight on the twelfth anniversary of the shoot-down. (Photo by author)

Memorial park for slain Brothers to the Rescue pilots, with one palm tree for each man, near Opa-locka Airport. (Photo by author)

Lorenzo De Toro, editor of IDEAL magazine and Brothers to the Rescue supporter, at Opa-locka hangar in front of the sign warning pilots and volunteers of the danger of flying missions. (Photo by Lorenzo De Toro, IDEAL magazine)

José Basulto, president of BTTR, Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat, national secretary of the Cuban Democratic Directory; Ramón Saúl Sánchez, activist and head of the Democracy Movement. (Photo by Lorenzo De Toro, IDEAL magazine)

Steve Walton's Big Red with a red cross painted on the tail, spotting rafters below. (Photo courtesy of BTTR Archives)

Coast Cuard rescue of rafters. (Photo courtesy of BTTR Archives)

Cuban rafters. (Photo courtesy of BTTR Archives)

José Basulto with Juan Pablo Roque (standing) and René González (kneeling), BTTR pilots who were later discovered to be spies, in front of the N2506. (photo by BTTR Archives)

Cuban rafters. (Photo courtesy of BTTR Archives)

Omar López Montenegro, Cuban activist; Coretta Scott King, and José Basulto at a non-violence seminar held at the Martin Luther King Jr., Institute. (Photo courtesy of BTTR Archives)

Gregorio Pérez Ricardo, deceased fifteen-year-old rafter, Rivero Funeral Home in Miami. (Photo donated to BTTR by Pedro M. Montez)

BTTR logo on Seagull One (Photo by author)

Pilot Mayte Greco-Regan, flying on the twelfth anniversary of the shoot-down of the four BTTR pilots. (Photo by author)

Group of pilots at the inauguration of the Gregorio Pérez Ricardo hangar at Opa-locka on December 11, 1993, dedicated to "the most selfless heroes in the world." (Photo by Abilio León)

Two rescued rafters holding a welcome letter thrown down in a plastic container by BTTR pilots. (Photo courtesy of BTTR Archives)

José Basulto and William "Billy" Schuss, founders of BTTR. (Photo courtesy of BTTR Archives)

Pablo Morales, 29, Cuban rafter saved by BTTR and BTTR pilot-in-training, shot down by Cuban MiGs on February 24, 1996. (Photo courtesy of BTTR Archives)

Mario De La Peña, 24, BTTR pilot shot down by Cuban MiGs on February 24, 1996. (Photos provided by Lorenzo De Toro, IDEAL magazine)

Hank Tester, WTVJ anchorman who flew over Havana with Basulto, exiting Seagull One

BTTR prayer circle before a mission. The woman with her back to the photographer is Mayte Greco. (Photo courtesy of BTTR Archives)

Pilots and volunteers of Brothers to the Rescue. (Photo couresty of BTTR Archives)

Rafts (Photo couresty of BTTR Archives)

Armando Alejandre Jr., 45, Cuban activist shot down by Cuban MiGs on February 24, 1996. (Photo provided by Lorenzo De Toro, IDEAL magazine)

Carlos Costa, 29, BTTR pilot shot down by Cuban MiGs on February 24, 1996. (Photo provided by Lorenzo De Toro, IDEAL magazine)

Steve Walton, BTTR pilot. (Photo courtesy of BTTR Archives)