ALLAGASH WILDERNESS WATERWAY – Two-year-old Bailee Mallett was full of life Friday, playing around the John’s Bridge where her father died along with 13 other foreign workers a year ago to the day. The toddler squealed as she broke free from her mother’s grasp and… Read More
One year ago this morning, Edilberto Morales-Luis escaped death through the back window of a van that had flipped off John’s Bridge and landed on its roof in the Allagash Wilderness Waterway. Fourteen relatives or friends who were with Morales-Luis in the van drowned around… Read More
David Hernandez-Caballero keeps a 4-inch-thick binder near his desk that is filled with mementos from his trip to Maine a year ago. The attorney with the Embassy of Honduras, in Washington, D.C., doesn’t refer to the binder as a scrapbook because the photos and papers… Read More
A Richmond funeral home director knows firsthand that memories hurt when they emerge from deep crevices of the mind to blindside you. While performing routine, everyday activities, Chuck Kincer still experiences flashbacks to his role a year ago in preparing for burial 10 of the… Read More
Relatives and friends of the 14 foreign workers who drowned in the Allagash Wilderness Waterway a year ago next Friday say little has been done in the last year to change the adverse working conditions that may have contributed to the worst traffic accident in terms of fatalities… Read More
Imprudent speed was the official cause of the van accident that killed 14 foreign workers a year ago, although it may never be known how fast the driver actually was going. A Maine State Police accident reconstruction team “could not find a speed for the… Read More
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The evening of the day the 14 foreign workers died a year ago, Carla Picard was in her apartment directly across the hall from the one where most of the men lived. She impatiently was listening for a familiar sound. The common hallway, though, was… Read More
Carlos Izaguirre knew he would die if he were ever in another vehicle accident. A Honduran native who was a worrywart by nature and superstitious by upbringing, Carlos already had been in two accidents when the powerful premonition came over him. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
A sign that reads “Jesus Loves You” hangs underneath a second-story window of a Caribou apartment where 11 of the 14 men who died last year in the Allagash Wilderness Waterway lived. The sign was there before the accident, and it remains there today. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Juan Perez-Febles was one of the few people actually to see the 14 men when their bodies were entombed in the van in which they drowned a year ago Friday. Perez-Febles was at the Allagash River accident site and watched as the van was pulled… Read More
On an August night, Julia Monley of Bangor sat in an apartment with several foreign workers from Central America and made herself at home. The University of Maine senior not only could understand their language – she is fluent in Spanish – but she knew the men’s customs… Read More
“Dear brothers and sisters of the Migrant Relief Fund; “My family agreed to forgo Christmas gifts this year so we all are contributing money to help you meet some of your expenses. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
Tuesday: David Hernandez-Caballero, an attorney with the Embassy of Honduras, and Chuck Kincer, director of Kincer Funeral Home in Richmond, became friends when preparing 10 accident victims’ bodies for transport to Honduras and burial there. They share how difficult it was to see the caskets all in a… Read More