Ayala: Site of migrant deaths has become a pilgrimage site, a funeral procession
Sandragrace Martinez labels each of the crosses at a memorial site on Quintana Road in San Antonio, Tuesday, July 5, 2022, where 53 people died from heat-related illnesses as they were trapped in a tractor-trailer. Martinez, a mental health clinician, has been helping coordinate the ever-growing memorial site as more of the 53 victims are being identified.
It has grown from a memorial to the 53 to one for all migrants who’ve died making their journeys to the United States, a tangible representation of all that combined loss.Ayala: Human smuggling tragedy calls for compassion toward migrants, not contempt Fifty-three crosses, some painted pink, others black, have joined a larger one that depicts Jesus Christ.
An artist painting a mural at the site offered shade under his tent. On her second day, another tent appeared. She offers free counseling and free hugs there. Martinez is now focused on how to make this memorial a permanent one, even after her folding table, chairs and igloo were stolen.Martinez has had company. Her friend Grace Hernandez, 69, who represents a group called Mujeres Hispanas por Mejor Justicia, has stopped by.
In June, Martinez was in Buffalo, N.Y., for the 30-day anniversary of a fatal shooting at a Tops grocery store, where 10 people were gunned down.
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