At the same time, the house opposite his relatives in Little Havana shows a huge picture of the child in the sea, grasping an inner tube, surrounded by porpoises protecting him from the terrors of the deep, with the Virgin Mary behind him and the hand of God stretching down in protection.

ECONOMIST: The tragedy of Elian

Mr McCarter said he had stayed in the house because he liked its idyllic setting, nestled under the cliffs looking out to sea.

BBC: Northern Ireland

Lazaro Gonzalez is Elian's great uncle and had taken care of the boy at his Little Havana home in Miami from his rescue at sea last Thanksgiving day until INS agents removed him from the house in a Saturday morning raid April 22.

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The works are displayed in a series of glass-fronted corridors leading off the original house, and reflected light from the sea fills the exhibition space.

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In Westcliff, part of Southend, I met a family who recently cashed in their three-bedroom house in Barking for a six-bedroom home by the sea.

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