Remembering Latinos Lost on 9/11
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By Selena Hill, Latin Post
9/11 will forever be marked as a day of infamy in American history.
As millions of Americans commemorate the nearly 3,000 people who died in terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and other U.S. sites, many Latino families will take time to remember how their lives were personally affected due to the loss of a loved one on Sept. 11, 2001.
[pullquote]Also among the dead were 18 Colombians, 13 people from Ecuador, 6 Cubans, 4 Argentinians, 1 from Chile and 15 Mexicans. In addition, other Latino victims were from El Salvador, Honduras, Peru and Venezuela.[/pullquote]For the 10-year anniversary of the attacks in 2011, officials at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum inaugurated the names of 47 Dominicans who died in New York City. According toHispanically Speaking News, the male and female Dominican victims were professional computer specialists, IT personnel, financial managers, restaurant employees, educators and tourists.
Pedro Checo, the vice-president of operations for the Fiduciary Trust, was one of the 47 victims who died while trying to save others that day, reports El Nuevo Diaro. Likewise, Faustino Apostol, a 55-year-old firefighter, also sacrificed his life for others in the towers after serving in the New York Fire Department for 28 years.
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