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On this day: Elian Gonzalez reunited with his father

On April 22, 2000, the nation watched as U.S. Border Patrol agents entered the home of Elian Gonzalez's Miami relatives and removed him from their care. The young boy had been with them since his rescue from the Florida coast after a botched escape from Cuba that cost his mother her life. Watch "CBS Evening News" coverage from that day.
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