Fleeing to Freedom: A Family's Inspiring Ocean Escape from Vietnam to America

Seventeen people flee their home country in a tiny fishing boat on the open sea.

They sneak out of communist Vietnam under the cover of darkness, heading for the South China Sea-and freedom.

On board is a pregnant mother, carrying her third child. Two young daughters. And a father, a former soldier with nothing in his pockets but a pack of cigarettes.

Leaving behind a land they love and fear, they navigate unexpected perils and terrifying times in their daring escape.

This true and inspiring me...