1.  They were brought in after being taken from a village near Mostar They were originally to have been helicoptered out but that became too dangerous for the volunteer pilots.

2.  One picture exhibited shows General Stilwell, left, with Col. Claire Chennault, leader of the Flying Tigers, the American volunteer pilots who fought for the Nationalists.

3.  The volunteer pilots of Brothers to the Rescue have saved thousands of rafters along the perilous Florida Straits.

4.  The volunteer pilots were among the few allowed by the FAA to fly for medical emergencies.

5.  Diego Perez squeezes the hands of his fellow volunteer pilots in prayer before taking off in a small blue-and-white plane to search for Cuban rafters.

6.  He is also a director and volunteer pilot for AirLifeLine, a charitable organization that flies needy patients free of charge to receive medical treatment.

7.  Until recently, he was a volunteer pilot with the Miami-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue.