DISPATCH FROM PUERTO RICO: EXPOSING THE ALARMING RATE OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
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"I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it." — Maya Angelou SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Everyone remembers the last moment of normality. For Karla Hernandez, it was the fading daylight of December 18, 2020. Her Utah-born husband Gerald was catching his last waves in the twinkling azure seas of the family-friendly Playa la Boca, Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. Around 6 pm, Karla walked casually toward a small river mouth opening to the popular surf spot as a few other surfers meandered out. She asked a fisherman; she guesses he was around thirty years old, give or take a few years; the river's depth – her eyes scanning the water for Gerald.
DISPATCH FROM PUERTO RICO: EXPOSING THE ALARMING RATE OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
DISPATCH FROM PUERTO RICO: EXPOSING THE…
DISPATCH FROM PUERTO RICO: EXPOSING THE ALARMING RATE OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
"I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it." — Maya Angelou SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Everyone remembers the last moment of normality. For Karla Hernandez, it was the fading daylight of December 18, 2020. Her Utah-born husband Gerald was catching his last waves in the twinkling azure seas of the family-friendly Playa la Boca, Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. Around 6 pm, Karla walked casually toward a small river mouth opening to the popular surf spot as a few other surfers meandered out. She asked a fisherman; she guesses he was around thirty years old, give or take a few years; the river's depth – her eyes scanning the water for Gerald.