Him staying would not surprise me as this has recently worked for the Cubans. They were in a go fast boat and the smuggler would not stop as per Coast Guard orders. The Coast Guard followed policy and procedure and shot their engines to force them to stop. Except for the injured who were brought on land, the rest remained at sea on the Coast Guard Ship. It was decided by the government that they could all stay if they testified against the smuggler. This is a problem though as their relatives still deny that they paid a smuggler.