As the days pass, the memorial for the victims found dead in an 18-wheeler grows along Quintana Road.
Each flick of Marquez’s paintbrush illustrates pain, making the feeling into something tangible.He is an artist who came from Mexico to lend his creativity to honor the victims.
He knows the plight of migrants desperate for the American Dream. He says he’s walked alongside them for years, calling them his brothers and sisters.“We need to tackle this problem. We don’t want it to talk to go to the, to the extreme you know, where so many people, you know, losing their lives,” Marquez said.
On Saturday, dozens of cars were stopped along the street. People came to say prayers, lay flowers and honor the people behind the crosses.“I feel very bad for the, for all the immigrants that passed. And I feel for those that survived, they are hurting right now. So, you know, it just, it’s a terrible thing,” Guzman said.
Water bottles are collecting here. Sandragrace Martinez has handed out over 2,000 in just three days’ time in honor of the people trapped inside the trailer who had none.She’s watched as the memorial has grown by the minute, people not wanting to let the innocent lives lost go unnoticed.“Beginning of a grief process that they can come and as tradition here with Latin Americans and Mexicano is to bring ofreindas and they, they certainly have,” Martinez said.
A ceremony is planned for 30 days out from this tragedy, to honor the victims and pray for the recovery of the survivors.Copyright 2022 by KSAT - All rights reserved.Leigh Waldman is a news reporter at KSAT 12. She joined the station in 2021. Leigh comes to San Antonio from the Midwest after spending time at a station in Omaha, NE. After two winters there, she knew it was time to come home to Texas.
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