CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: Nine Cuban nationals, survivors of an ocean-plane crash, are all in Florida this morning. Cuban Americans lobbying to grant them political asylum in this country think that's enough to keep them here under U.S. policy. But Havana accuses the pilot of stealing the plane, insisting it was hijacked, and that could complicate the process. CNN's David Lewis is monitoring developments in this case, and he joins us with an update. Good morning, David.</s>DAVID LEWIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Morning, Carol. Here's the situation: Two of the nine survivors of Tuesday's plane crash are still here at the Lower Keys Medical Center in Key West; the other seven survivors have been transported by the INS, either to the Chrone (ph) Detention Center outside Miami or an area hotel. Late last night, the eight survivors who had remained, whose crew on the Panamanian freighter, whose crew had plucked them from the sea, were transferred to the Coast Guard cutter "Nantucket." They were then brought in to Key West, taken off the cutter, and brought here to the hospital. After being given medical exams, one woman was admitted to the hospital, joining the most severely injured survivor, Rodolfo Fuentes, who'd been air-lifted from the freighter on Tuesday. The remaining seven left in the early hours of the morning with the INS heading for processing. What remains to be seen is exactly what kind of legal status, if any, the survivors will be given here in the U.S. And of course, whether or not this case will take on any of the socio-political swirl that so often happens in this area when Cubans come ashore. David Lewis, reporting live, from Key West, Florida.</s>LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: All right, thanks, David.
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