“Leonor and Armando Garzon, who came to Queens from Bogota in 2001 to be at the bedside of their son Edgar in the days before he died from a gay-bashing in Jackson Heights, have passed their citizenship exam and become naturalized citizens. They worked for seven years to see to it that the perpetrators of the murder of their son were brought to justice and, on October 17, John McGhee was sentenced to 22 years for that crime.” [GCN]
Silver Lining…
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In the Fine Arts Library
wow. What an amazing story of human strength.