tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897752651143369077.post5167940304569853023..comments2024-01-05T05:14:08.477-05:00Comments on The Politics of Immigration: Day 2 in Port-au-Prince: "Young Men with Crowbars"The Politics of Immigration: Questions & Answershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15143202658318752158noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897752651143369077.post-7831838912269505512010-01-19T11:57:36.465-05:002010-01-19T11:57:36.465-05:00Your "young men with crowbars" remind me...Your "young men with crowbars" remind me of one of the sparks of hope that I hold on to as I read about this horror. <br /><br />In 1985 I was living near Mexico City when the big quake hit. A group of "young men with crowbars" organized themselves into a neighborhood rescue team that was so effective that it was taken into other neighborhoods to mentor the rescue volunteers. They became local celebrities, and the press dubbed them "los topos de Tlatelolco," the Tlatelolco Moles, for their neighborhood. The group is still working today, 24 years later, and I've recently read that some of them are in Haiti the last few days.<br /><br />I hope & pray that some equivalent of "los Topos de Tlatelolco" will come out of this terrible situation. *Many* equivalents!<br /><br />Thank you for the reporting David. Stay safe.Mary Hopkinsnoreply@blogger.com