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Thursday, September 10, 2015 - September 16, 2015
Fourteen Years Ago Almost 3,000 People Died as a Result of Terrorist Attacks
COMPLIMENTARY COPY VOLUME 19, NO. 37
BY TERRY MILLER I was supposed to visit my ailing father in New York early September 2001. My family had decided later in year would be better for visiting, when his cancer treatments were at a minimum. Of course, it would be much later due to the fact that no aircraft was to fly into or around New York for many days post 9/11. I managed to get the last seat on a Jet Blue flight to Kennedy on Sept. 26. The aircraft was full, many service men and women; firefighters and National Guard. It was a somber flight indeed. I visited my parents but, as a photojournalist, my quest to get down to “ground zero” was pressing. SEE PG. 8
The scene at World Trade Center’s Ground Zero on Sept. 28, 2001.
Part I: Monrovia’s Mexican Americans
Monrovia Gold Line Station to Be Dedicated Saturday
BY SUSIE LING Who are Mexican Americans? Who are Latinos? There have been myriad labels used in history including Spanish, Chicanos, Brown, aliens, braceros, Hispanics… “The truth is that Mexican Americans are multiracial, multicultural, multilingual and we have a wide breadth of historical experiences,” said Professor Eduardo Cairo of Monrovia. “Before Mexico gained their independence in 1821, people in California were considered ‘Spanish’. It was only after parts of Mexico were annexed by the United States that you have the concept of ‘Mexican American.’”
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Cairo teaches Chicano studies at Pasadena City College and he continued, “Traditionally, the majority of Latinos were Mexicans but since the 1970s, there are more descendants from Central and South America nations such as Guatemala, El Salvador, and Argentina.” According to the Southern California Association of Government, Monrovia is 40.1% Hispanic. This includes recent immigrants as well as families who have been in Monrovia since the early 20th century, and even families who have native In-
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Cardiel and Hernandez boys in Monrovia. - Photo courtesy of Sylvia Cardiel
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The Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority will be dedicating the Monrovia Station in a ceremony this Saturday, Sept. 12, at 10 a.m.
This and other station dedications were held in August and will continue thru September
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