Eyder Peralta

I remember there was this one kid who was putting plastic bottles on the train tracks just to see what happened to them.

I remember there was this one kid who was putting plastic bottles on the train tracks just to see what happened to them.

I remember there was this one kid who was putting plastic bottles on the train tracks just to see what happened to them.

So at some point I gave him a little coin so he could put it on the train track and see what happened to it. And indeed, I had never done this before.

So at some point I gave him a little coin so he could put it on the train track and see what happened to it. And indeed, I had never done this before.

So at some point I gave him a little coin so he could put it on the train track and see what happened to it. And indeed, I had never done this before.

Yeah, and it flattens it, right? It's like one of those machines.

Yeah, and it flattens it, right? It's like one of those machines.

Yeah, and it flattens it, right? It's like one of those machines.

They have like their whole lives with them. You know, they have just bags full of coats and blankets and they have jugs of water. When a train would finally approach... They're so heavy that like the earth beneath it sort of heaves as they move across, right? It almost feels like the gravity of the train pulls you toward it.

They have like their whole lives with them. You know, they have just bags full of coats and blankets and they have jugs of water. When a train would finally approach... They're so heavy that like the earth beneath it sort of heaves as they move across, right? It almost feels like the gravity of the train pulls you toward it.

They have like their whole lives with them. You know, they have just bags full of coats and blankets and they have jugs of water. When a train would finally approach... They're so heavy that like the earth beneath it sort of heaves as they move across, right? It almost feels like the gravity of the train pulls you toward it.

So they have this term that they say, which translates to we're going to puncture the train. And so the young people, they will put on gloves, like a ski mask to protect their face and their eyes. And then as the train comes, they just sprint like right beside it and they somehow jump on and then they just start turning knobs and pulling levers.

So they have this term that they say, which translates to we're going to puncture the train. And so the young people, they will put on gloves, like a ski mask to protect their face and their eyes. And then as the train comes, they just sprint like right beside it and they somehow jump on and then they just start turning knobs and pulling levers.

So they have this term that they say, which translates to we're going to puncture the train. And so the young people, they will put on gloves, like a ski mask to protect their face and their eyes. And then as the train comes, they just sprint like right beside it and they somehow jump on and then they just start turning knobs and pulling levers.

And what they're hoping will happen is that it disrupts the train's air brakes. And so that would usually cause an emergency stop.

And what they're hoping will happen is that it disrupts the train's air brakes. And so that would usually cause an emergency stop.

And what they're hoping will happen is that it disrupts the train's air brakes. And so that would usually cause an emergency stop.

There was this Venezuelan woman who I met, and she had slung her little girl just on her shoulder. And I asked her, like, you know, why do this, and why do this right now? And she sort of, like, looked at me, surprised, I think, at the question, and she said, You know, you guys think that the American dream is dead. But for us, the American dream is still very much alive.

There was this Venezuelan woman who I met, and she had slung her little girl just on her shoulder. And I asked her, like, you know, why do this, and why do this right now? And she sort of, like, looked at me, surprised, I think, at the question, and she said, You know, you guys think that the American dream is dead. But for us, the American dream is still very much alive.