Isabel

Isabel’s mother screams as the Coast Guard ship draws closer. While everyone paddles, Lito tells them that when he was a young man, he and the other policemen turned away a boat of Jewish refugees. (He is officer Padron.) He had told the Jewish passengers Mañana, just like when the small boat would reach Miami: Mañana. Lito says that he spent his life waiting for the world to change, for things to get better, but it never did. Lito tells everyone to keep paddling and then jumps into the water to distract the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard ship turns to pick up Lito as Isabel and her family approach the shore.