My father's story

My mom was actually the one who bought that book, which my Dad was unaware of, until I excitedly grabbed him and told him to read the paragraph about the mining accident.

Although my father was barely 4 years old when it happened, it left a terrible mark on his family of 11 siblings. Imagine a peasant (jibaro in Puerto Rican Spanish) family living in the depths of the Great Depression with 11 children. There are days of hunger. A father who works in the mine to feed his family and tragically dies.

The aftermath of mining accidents are the people left behind.

Hearing my dad tell me his memories on video is painful for him, and painful for me.